Today is the third Monday of the New Year, which marks the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s lifelong quest for civil rights reform and the ultimate fulfillment of America’s dream, and though that dream will be fulfilled tomorrow, in the swearing in of America’s first African-American president, there are so many dreams still being deferred.
The dream of many within the LGBT community is simply having the right to marriage, yet “we” continue to defer “their” dream. Why? “We” recognize “their” partnership. “We” recognize “their” ability to adopt children. “We” recognize “their” contributions to society. “We” recognize “their” humanity. “We” recognize that “they” too love and want to loved, but “we” still deny “them” “their” right to marriage.
We are still a nation segregated into “us” versus “them”. We are still a nation that would have others yearn for the rights that “we” so freely enjoy. Though there aren’t any signs asserting “Whites Only” or “Heterosexuals Only,” we are still a nation firmly attached to the belief that “they” aren’t like “us” and solely because of that difference “they” shouldn’t enjoy the same rights as “we” do.
LGBT rights…tomorrow, not today. Today’s not the time for “their” cause. Today’s not the moment for “their” change. Just as White-Americans marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, just as Abolitionists fought for the abolition of slavery, “their” fight is also “our” fight.
P.S. it’s a bit technical, but you can read my paper on the importance of Transgender theory by clicking here.
Jason J. Campbell
jasonjcampbell.org
© 2009
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