#musigs

[perpetualvisionary]

I have been fighting a headache all weekend. All I did yesterday was lay around, do laundry, and watch tv. I really wanted to continue that pattern today, but I hate that slothful feeling I get on Sunday evenings after I've spent the weekend loafing on the couch. So I cleaned out my bathroom closet, paid some bills, gave one of my cats a bath, and made a quick trip to the grocery store.

[totally-totty]

todomatsu is shrek

sherk is todomatsu

[chrono-lock]

"If your name starts with 'X' the laws of universe say that you're automatically cool."

[muse-with-fuse]

But there's a SCREAM inside that we all try to HIDE      We hold on so tight, we cannot deny            Eats us ALIVE, oh it EATS us alive.

[unasomiadora]

The snow thaws-

And suddenly the whole village

Is full of children!

           ~ Issa

[lets-journey-into-mystery-blog]

//I really want to do an RP where my little Loki has a nervous breakdown of sorts. I mean look at his history. Look at his life, the things he's lost. Headcanon time: my little Loki is a little nuts. He could probably benefit from some therapy(wouldn't anyone? We all need therapy ha).... Just spewing thoughts on my character development.

[wanjikimimila]

Click ^ to read an interesting article.  I disagree with the title, though.  Yes, gender is becoming something that people are finally seeing, and not just in a woman-versus-man sort of way.  But if you read the public responses to any of the examples of "progress" quoted by the article, you'll see far more vitriol than acceptance.  There is still a long way to go. Thinking about that prompted me to post what I believe will be the timeline for GLB+ and T* acceptance in America.  This is what I think will happen, if change continues to progress at its current rate, without any major setbacks or revolutions to make things go faster.  It is possible that, in this technological era, progress will speed up over time, as information is able to travel faster and faster and as people are able to virtually travel around the country and see the effects (or non-effects) of progress on-the-ground, as it takes place.  But that is somewhat impossible to know for sure; this is just my intuition talking. Just a note on language - by "legal," I mean that people have the same rights as everyone else and are not legally discriminated against in any way.  (i.e. people can marry whomever they wish; people are not fired for being GLB+ or T*)  However, legality of issues often precedes national public acceptance of said issues.  By "accepted," I mean that 65% or more of the population (in every state) favours the issue.  That still leaves a lot of room for contention and dissidence; so I wouldn't consider the issues to be "normalized" until 95% of the population is on board with the current policies. One other thing: as I'm sure you've noticed, I do not approach this question of future for GLBT+ people as a whole; I firmly believe that binary and especially nonbinary T* issues are not anywhere near as far along as GLB+ issues and that the issue of binary constructed gender is one that is only *just* beginning to edge on our public consciousness.  GLB+ issues have had a head-start, with civil union / marriage issues beginning to be discussed over a decade ago.  Binary T* issues are becoming something we've thought about for a few years.  But nonbinary T* issues are still very much a new thing and for those issues to progress, we really have to work as a country on deconstructing a binary that has existed for hundreds of years, which means eliminating the hierarchy and stratification that currently exists according to gender.  This is going to take a long time.  (I also believe that eventually, as the binary is deconstructed, it will become less important and the distinction between binary and nonbinary T* identities will become less important and thus will progress at roughly the same rate, but that might be saying too much here!)  I have reflected this gap in this timeline by differentiating between the progress of GLB+ issues and the progress of binary and nonbinary T* issues, respectively. In any case, without further ado, this is what I project for our future: 

5-10 years from now:  GLB+ issues legal in 40+ states. 7-12 years from now:  Binary T* issues legal in 40+ states. 10-20 years from now:  GLB+ issues accepted in 40+ states, legal in all. 10-15 years from now:  Nonbinary T* issues legal in 40+ states. 15-25 years from now:  Binary T* issues accepted in 40+ states, legal in all. 20-30 years from now:  GLB+ issues normalized in 40+ states, accepted in all.  20-30 years from now:  Nonbinary T* issues accepted in 40+ states, legal in all. 35-50 years from now:  Binary and Nonbinary T* issues normalized in 40+ states, accepted in all.  Basically, I think we've got a long way to go.  Which means that in spite of our apparent progress, we've got to be prepared to keep fighting for many many more years.  Even still, I'm pretty confident that these sort of changes will be complete within my lifetime and that my children will live in a world where at least active discrimination against GLBT+ people will be just another of those crazy, stupid things people did before they learned better. Keep fighting, Shay