176. Pray The Anti-gay Away (a poem for Pride month and beyond)

The UPstander's Podcast with Dr. Omekongo

We gotta fight and pray the anti-gay away

You can’t be gay

You can’t be queer

Schools supposed to be a place for comfort

But for some students & staff, it’s all about fear

How can we keep our kids in schools

That wanna ban LGBTQ

+ the fact that they were never really welcome

But many of us have tried

Many of us fought for equality while our friends and fam felt the government lied

They wanna ban the teaching of what they call a “lifestyle”

Though some of our historical “heroes” were pedophiles

Some even got statues…

But we’re talking about consenting individuals who just wanna love each other

And they could be your father, your mother, your sister, your brother

Or you

And if it’s you they’re coming for you too

But we’re standing with you

Demanding with you

Understanding with you

Upstanding with you

Not as allies but as partners

Fighting for equality, making your journey less harder

Because being homosexual shouldn’t be a class B misdemeanor

And being gay in class shouldn’t make society this meaner

I’m so GLAAD for the Trevor Project who seeks better prospects for our youth

And so many other groups that want our youth to live in their truth

Schools should be a place of love and education

But our so-called leaders are only focused on indoctrination

So many things I thought we transcended

But if you say your trans your career or school life might be ended?

Not sure what happened to our Harvey Milk of human kindness

Not sure how we’ve descended into this blindness

But we’re not just gonna stay appalled at these attempts to Stonewall

We’re gonna fight in every school board meeting and every city hall

Because loving who you love should never be a crime

And being who you’re meant to be in today’s world should be fine

Learning about Marsha P. should be mandatory

In our schools, campuses, and dormatories

Our work just isn’t done in making America as good as its promise

We must continue to stand up and move to real acceptance from intolerance!

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