They Demand

 

Dignity. Respect. Is it too much to ask for?

Scorn and ridicule, threats and violence

not so long ago haunted the lives of tribal

members of the LGBTQ-2S+ community. And

decent people shuddered that such criminal

violence as resulted when predators sought out

gays to inflict dread fear escalated to raw brutality

and murder. Then came an epiphany to rouse

social conscience to rue the past and open

the future to normalcy in society for all and

sundry expressions of being. Finally came a

shift when the victims remained aggrieved

at their past forced exile from the social contract

with demands for reparations inviting all to

repent and celebrate with those freed from

abuse in annual raucously colourful parades

of unabashed public sexuality. Now it is those

who represent the vast majority whose tribe

is natal biology who must cower and admit

gross insensitivity to the pain and anguish

suffered by the hidden, demanding just due in

deference; their absolute right to inclusion

equality and diversity along with personal

addresses in reflection of gender neutrality. A

transition from victim to vituperative bully with

their bitter challenge that all must be woke.