Neil Brown

Because of private stuff that has happened this year, I've woken up thinking about people who might like to celebrate today but who are not celebrating, or who are not celebrating with the people with whom they'd really like to celebrate.

I am particularly thinking of LGBTQ+ people with unsupportive, even dangerous, families, and people who have lost loved ones.

I don't have anything pithy or clever to say, just that I am thinking of you.

Dec 25 at 6:47amWeb
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@neil you're a good human Neil. Except for the jokes.
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Show threadCyDec 25
A nearby church I've been messing with did a special "chili and cornbread" dinner on the 24th, for uh... 2SLGBTQIA+

Seems like an awkward idea tbh. A lot of queers don't like being singled out like that, and put on stage. When you have crazy straight people apologetically serving you chili and not eating any themselves because you're such a sweet precious tragic reject who is Different from them.

Be better just to have a Christmas dinner, and explicitly say the uh... 2SLGBTQIA+ are welcome, as well as any straight ppl with unsupportive, even dangerous families.
Show threadCyDec 25
On the other hand, those who are not heterosexual for the purposes of procreation won't exactly be surrounded by their children on Christmas Eve! So maybe special treatment is warranted?

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Show threadJna💚Dec 27
@neil I understand the ref to not being able to celebrate with the people you want to celebrate with. I find Christmas kind of hollow because all my older generation are dead. Its not the same with my offspring who are creating their own rituals! I hate the superficiality of bah humbug!