#this is a promise to help you guys and gals and invetweens however i can

[box-is-real]

i have some closeted friends online, and one of them just had something bad happen (not going into any specifics at all because of privacy) but like... THAT is why KOSA scares me. how are they supposed to get help? how are they supposed to feel safe ever? if the government can so blatantly try and censor LGBTQ+ identities, and neurodivergent people, and FUCKING GENOCIDE what's next?

and i don't really have to be scared like others. even though i am neurodivergent, it is not super severe, and i am cis straight white dude, i have life on easy mode. i hate when people have to hide and i want to help but i can't. i can't even hug them. the closest i can get is typing on my screen and hoping it reaches them safely and that they haven't died.

im not scared of KOSA because of what it would do to me, but because of what it will do to my friends, and people who are suffering like my friends, and people who are suffering in ways i can't begin to fathom. it's a very hard feeling to describe.

now the government wants to take that link away from me, from my friends who supported me in my times of need, and, hopefully, who i supported well too. it is a feeling of desperation and depression and anger.

im really just typing at this point, and im probably not making a whole lot of sense, but it basically boils down to this, and im directing this at YOU Senators and Representatives of the U.S.A:

Stop KOSA, keep our friendships intact, and ACTUALLY do something to protect kids you fucking inept dumbasses.

sincerely, a minor KOSA will not be protecting.

#stop kosa #kosa #kosa bill #fuck kosa #lgbtq #lgbtqia #box is fucking losing it #i want to help people #but helping over the internet is hard #but it is better than no help #so i'll try my best #i have to fight as best i can #we have to fight as best as we can #because failure will mean death for so many #...sory if im getting weirdly existential or high horse-y #but i don't know how else to say it #this is a promise to help you guys and gals and invetweens however i can #and i even if it fails #even if we do lose #at least i had you in my life #even if our time will be cut short #i hope i was something #a light or friend or something else #i hope i could make your day better #even if only slightly #god i wanna cry