"tell us we don't have to"

12 July 2022: "I can’t say I have much faith in the utility of pointing out the contradictions within homophobia and transphobia. Moral panics feed on illogic. What I do hope is that no one who considers themselves an ally stays silent but, instead, speaks up against this creeping hate. So many of us feel the old instinct to make ourselves invisible; tell us we don’t have to." --John Paul Brammer, in this powerful piece in The Washington Post.