An empty stage. One spotlight. An actor walks into the spotlight. Speaks.
Sometimes I wonder if what I affectionately call the "alphabet soup"--LGBTQIA+--was given to mankind because the power struggles between two sides of a binary needed to be disrupted. Patriarchy harms not only women, but also men, and humanity as a whole suffers. Feminism makes valid critiques but has also garnered criticism. It's time we stop thinking about the binary. It's time we look to the human and recognize when the person is first a human, and then a woman, man...
It's not wrong for a woman to love a man, if it makes them both better. It's not wrong to give up career for family, if that's what one believes is right. It's not wrong to pursue one's dreams, as long as no harm is done. But, cynics will say, does not everything come with a price? Does not sacrifice count as some kind of harm? But back to my stream of thought. It's not wrong for a man to love a man...
I'm an idealist. A humanist. I believe in what humans are capable of. I believe we can somehow make a way where it's not either/or, but both/and...
Lights fade.
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