lettersfromtitan:

Please remember that this fight has been a long one, dating back well over two decades and arguably far longer.

Please remember that one of the impetuses for this fight was the AIDS crisis, which remains not truly over. The still vastly imperfect way health insurance has functioned in this country has been another.

Please recognize that this is one piece in a complex puzzle – when we can die for our country, and when our love can be legally recognized as equal, it gets much harder for rationales for other forms of discrimination (e.g., employment, housing) to hold up.

Please consider that this is not just a victory for LGBTQ Americans, but for all of us, recognizing our worth regardless of the potentials of desire.

Please acknowledge that LGBTQ rights are a global battle, and that people local to each fight know the best ways to fight that fight. Let’s support them however it is most helpful to them to do so.

Please do not consider marriage as a way of erasing the very queerness of LGBTQ culture. Instead, consider the ways we can help queer all marriage, the ways we can help equalize it, by helping to break down gender stereotypes and expectations.

So many people did not get to this finish line today. There are other finish lines that so many more will not see.

Be mindful. Be urgent. And above all, today, be joyful anyway.