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Hi John,
Happy Pride month! At Run for Something, we're here to challenge the power structure in America by recruiting, training, and electing diverse, young progressives to elected office.
Since 2017, we've helped elect more than 100 LGBTQIA+ progressives to office. All of them are making history and driving progress in their own way -- whether it's passing bans on the "gay/trans panic defense" or being the first in legislative bodies that have never had a LGBTQIA+ member before.
But hate and ignorance are still prominent in halls of power. 2021 is a record-breaking year for anti-trans legislation, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
In times like these, when prejudicial bigots work to oppress us, our neighbors, and the people we love, it's imperative for us to remember that Pride month was built by organizers, radicals, and tireless champions of progress.
When you feel the temptation to despair about Republicans' deathgrip on power -- remember those who came before us. We remember the Bayard Rustins and Harvey Milks and Marsha P. Johnsons who didn't know if they'd live to see a better world but who still fought because they believed a better world was possible.
With that in mind, here's the energy Run for Something is bringing to the 2021-2022 elections:
We came battle-scarred and angry to topple your sexist, racist, hateful society. We came to challenge the incredible hypocrisy of your serial monogamy, your oppressive sexual role-playing, your nuclear family, your Protestant ethic, apple pie, and Mother. We came holding hands and kissing openly and proudly, waving 15-foot banners and chanting "Ho-ho-homosexual!" In one fell swoop, we came to destroy by our mere presence your labels and stereotypes with which you’ve oppressed us for centuries. And we came with love and open hearts to challenge your hate and secrecy. -- Kiyoshi Kuromiya, a gay liberation activist born in a Japanese internment camp, 1970
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