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Silence = Death

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.  -Martin Luther King, Jr. My Dearest Friends and Family, I have heard much outrage, fear, sorrow, grief, and an outpouring of love after the recent massacre in Orlando, Florida. The thing that I've noticed is that it is almost entirely from my fellow Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, And Queer brothers and sisters - those who have felt this as deeply as I have, and do not doubt that I have felt this all the way from Seattle. It's not about the distance, because the distance between me and a 20-something Latino fag is the space between two heartbeats. You see, I am that little Latino fag. I always have been. I always will be. When the internet went tricolore for Paris, and you jumped on that in support, I supported you. I'm not French, but some of my very good friends are. When the epicenter of violence was Brussels, I too posted "Je suis Bruxelles", just as you did. None ...