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I am genuinely unclear on why a school shooting victim would relevant to the business of the Centers for Disease Control

@tanoraqui There is a law that prevents the CDC from studying gun violence.  It’s the NRA’s fault, like so many things, they keep blocking attempts to get the law repealed.  

Oh! Thank you.

uhhhh yikes?? how is comparing school shootings to the (ONGOING) aids crisis at all appropriate & also why use “herstory” when talking about the activism of david wojnarowicz & other gay men, like??? what does this even mean?

Jesus fucking christ. It’s government sanctioned large scale murder in the interests of lobbyists and nationalism over those of the innocent. Both FDA and CDC are culpable in denying vulnerable groups valuable research that could be used to SAVE LIVES.

The reference to “herstory” is a cheeky reference to how gay men may call each other she/her. The person calling it “herstory” is a literal, actual gay man.

And if you actually listened to ACT UP alumni, you’d know they’re fine with it.

This kinda instinctive outrage to kids HONORING and continuing the legacy of gay protests by keeping the memory alive KNOWING how often it has been erased is understandable but I really think people need to take a step back and think about why it pisses them off.

How is calling back to LGBT history and reminding the US Government that they still haven’t even washed the blood on their hands from the AIDS Crisis as their palms fill up with the blood of kids (and Latino/Black LGBT people from the Pulse Shooting) a bad thing? How are KIDS knowing LGBT history when most adults don’t fucking it a bad thing?

I know your intentions are good but I’m kinda wondering what you think your outrage will accomplish besides isolating LGBT history from current events and leaving it a sort of contextless void in our general national history.