We must continue to strive for these and other aspirations just as we did for marriage equality. Or the certainty that trans folks are safe in their homes and on the streets. It’s full protection under the law from non discrimination in the work place. Lesbian and gay people could finally and legitimately, under the law, express love through the institution of marriage.īut as important a break-through that puzzle piece represented, and even with the affirmation of my own marriage, I know that there are still missing pieces to achieve full equality and liberation and we must keep hope and pride alive. It was as though one of the pieces that had eluded the puzzle for so long had finally been plopped in its place. Seven years ago, in 2015, marriage equality became the law of the land as a result of movement organizing in states and nationally, the U.S. It’s that we’ve achieved marriage eq uality and the cultural and statutory affirmation of our relationships. I often think about one of those points of progress that I have personally benefited from - and it keeps me hope-filled even in the darkest of days.
