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I was thinking of something really eloquent to say. About this election, about Obama, about my mixed feelings of incredible joy at the overwhelming Democratic victory and crushing despair at the evident pass of Prop 102 here in Arizona, the sheer strangeness of having hope at all when the last eight years have made me from a naive girl into a very cynical woman, and about my flickerings of new resolve.

But I apparently don't think well when tipsy. Mom and I had a drink to celebrate. We got some Cosmopolitan mix out of the freezer, got down the martini glasses, and had a toast.

(The glasses are cobalt blue. I think that's an amusing bit of serendipity.)

We toasted President Obama and the next four years. And I'm a damned lightweight and I'm already feeling a little woozy and drunk, so the most eloquent thing I think I can say is:

Yes.

the bit about the creepy gender definition amendment thing is gone, upon

levade's observation that. it's. probably satire. XD OPTIMISM HAS NOTABLY INCREASED.

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HAHA

I GOT LIKE A SHOT OR TWO OF SOMETHING CREAMY AND VANILLAY

And became very, very warm.

Stupid laws.

mmmm, creamy and vanilla-y.

There's a lot to be happy about, even though the dark spots are really, really dark.

Yeah, the night was going awesome until I heard a lot of the same sex marriage proposals that are going on, especially in California, are being voted down. This really needs to be on a federal level >:|

Yeah, I'm trying to focus more on FUCK YEAH, OBAMA than FUCK YOU, ARIZONA right now - it'll be hard, but the damage can be fixed. It will be fixed, we'll just have to keep fighting. And with this new Democratic majority, there's more fair-minded senators to appeal to, there's a changing political climate, America's going blue again. It'll work, somehow. We'll make it.

...fuck, I really need to pay my account again, I don't have enough icons anymore.

That Gender Definition Amendment is just wrong on so many levels.

I KNOW. I couldn't believe I was reading it, it's like. Orwell wishes he could have made this shit up. If it goes anywhere, Arizona is dead to me.

It is something in the lines of declaring the mentally retarded are sub-human, though soe long-winded reasoning I won't subject you to.

If citizen refuses such screening, they will be ineligable for marriage and referred to the Ministry of Gender for gender restoration.

That sounds very scary and oppressive :/

I missed that sentence on my first read, then when I saw it I exploded. Instantly, all I could think of was some guy somewhere in Arizona, so much happier and comfortable with himself than he ever was as a woman, and the state tells him "No, you don't count as a man. Go put your boobs back on."

It's terrifying and appalling and how hard is it to see that it's totalitarian and evil?

Also, I love the part where if ANOTHER citizen contests your gender, YOU have to pay for the screening. And apparently just refusing the screening - maybe because, say, THE CONTEST WAS INVALID - means you don't count and don't get to marry! :Db

It's not right, targetting a specific group of people with mental disorders. It'd be something if people who received gender reassignment surgery did it for chuckles and grins, but this is just wrong.

They win either way. Man, I love this world we live in.

ALSO WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY UNALTERED AND FULLY FUNCTIONING. Are circumcised men and men with vasectomies and women who've had hysterectomies or their tubes tied NOT MEN AND WOMEN? What about people who are born intersexed? What if you're sterile, or for whatever reason, the tackle just doesn't work quite right?

sorry I'm done for now

Oh, you do have an interesting point there. I wonder if it'll end up applying to them as well, or if they're not going to deny that this is only about anti-GLBT legislature.

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or, as Tanz so helpfully pointed out below, it's actually some rather clever satire... XD

That we fell for it and are not surprised at that kind of ignorance is not a good sign either :P

I know. It goes to show how bad the last eight years have been, that we're that cynical...

8D

Are you sure that's not a joke site of some kind? Because this. And most serious sites don't use terms like destructive gay energy.

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fuck me, if it's a joke site, I am going to look SO STUPID. XD

[looking at]

I WAS CONVINCED AT FIRST TOO but then I kept looking at it and got less and less D: and more and more "wtf, is this for real." I. I REALLY HOPE IT ISN'T REAL FOR ARIZONA'S SAKE. But most of it looks like the kind of thing the Supreme Court would slap down anyway.

...You are right and this is TOTALLY SATIRE.

Wow. XD

GOES TO SHOW HOW CYNICAL EIGHT YEARS OF BUSH CAN MAKE SOMEONE

It's good to see some positive change is happening. The energy in the air over here in Oakland is magical. A town with a large black population? You better believe my coworkers were crying when the results were announced.

On a bitter note, Prop 8 seems to be headed towards an inevitable pass here in California. I'm trying to remain optimistic seeing as we went from 60%/40% in 2000 to a clean split this year, but I get depressed when I think of one thing: California gave all people the right to marry, and then because of people being close-minded or simply ill-informed, that right is more than likely being taken away. That, somehow, seems more tragic than any slap in the face that marriage "protection" amendments gave in the past.

But like I said, remaining optimistic. For gays and allies, today is not our day, but Obama--a great man (also: a black man with a fucking ridiculous non-white name wtf awesome) with the potential to do much good--was elected today. And our generation of young voters voted against Prop 8 with a near-70% rate.

So yeah. "Protect" marriage. Delay equality one day longer. This is only the beginning.

YES WE CAN.

Yes, we can. ♥

Nothing looks half so impossible on this side of the election, with Barack Obama on his way to the White House. We did that. What else can we achieve together?

I know I'm seriously thinking about doing some volunteering for the Human Rights Campaign. It's difficult for me because I'm broke and I don't drive, but goddammit, a grassroots campaign elected Barack Obama. I can find some damn way to give the HRC my time.

Propositions like that are just the screams of a dying dinosaur. It's destructive, yes, and appalling, but its days are numbered. And now they know it.

*hugs* Stay strong.

[hugs] I will. Bastards can't get us down forever.

Damn straight they can't.

I am so fucking pissed.

I'm trying to stay optimistic. This post makes a good case, I think.

I know what you mean, though. It's pretty serious mood whiplash between "WE CAN HAS OBAMA" and "fuck you, Arizona" here.

I'll join you in the 'fuck you, Arizona' if you'll join me in a 'fuck you, Florida' >( I am SO not happy about that Amendment 2 bullshit passing.