Because...

Because… You are sent to share a word, a song, balm, an anthem, a queer call for revolution… Because… You are the light of the world. Because… A trans light cannot be hidden. Because… We lit. Because… We have always been lit. Because… We are the utility company. Have always been of value. Have always been of service. Have always had a function. Have always been a source. Have always been an oil. Have always been a lamp. Because… Queerness has always been a turn on. Queerness has always been just a cord pull away from the Light bulb-going-off-moment. One cord pull away From understanding that queerness Does not mean we are in a love shortage One cord pull away From dispelling once and for all that, “we are a waste of time and energy” Because… Being gay is not what we always lead with, but it is also not a requirement that we follow with it either. Because… We have been taught to believe that we have been left in the dark And there is no way out. And Because Beloved… It is a lie, And the system that uses our creative, erotic, political, and healing powers--- Coopts, appropriates, and repackages it--- Through capitalism, through patriarchy, through white supremacy, Through biblical and religious violence--- And then erases from it, us---? The system that waits years to respond to HIV, AIDS and Cancer, See us sicken and die--- Then price gauges medicines and advances For the living--- That system--- is not a guiding light, It is a lie. The system that creates And intubates Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism, Misogyny, And Ableism, Are blocking the one true illuminating Fact of the universe--- That we are love. Have always been loved. Will always be loved. Because… It will take us all, all of us, Coming back into that understanding that “we are whole and glitter-ing-ly made.” It will take all of us, Understanding that our history of Transforming the darkest times, Into acts of art, and faith, and resilience, Are needed now, Are of service now. Because… It Means that we have always been beacons And always been lighthouses to one another! Because… It will take all of us To remember Our “Carry On!” And our ability to celebrate through restrictive laws, through “overturning’s,” through reversals, and through appeals. Because… We have always had our hands on our switch Always been a turn on Because… we have always kept the party going. Even when the dancefloors of the Pendulum, Cables Reef, and the Bella Napoli, were cleared out of the queerest and bestest and brightest of us. Because… we have always declared that a dance floor Is an altar, And an altar is a bar, And a bar is a church, And a church Is a dance floor. Because… We are laser light In The darkest hour, We are light bulb going off moment, In The darkest club, We are the stars lighting up the sky, In the darkest night, And today, We are equipped to lead this world Out of its careening course Towards the culture ending cliff, That it is on. We can bring this world out… Out into the break. Out into the new dawn. Out into the flipped script and switch. Where we allow everything we have saved up: our love, our genius, our innovation, Our advance, our iteration, All of our traditional And non-traditional gifts, And we finally decide to Let them take root. We finally decide That the dark is not the place of relegation, But it is where we have gone deep Where we have gone And pulled into our selves, All that we need to empower ourselves To be the generators of ourselves, The reactors of ourselves, The fusion of ourselves, To spring forth and fully and wholly bloom Into the world. So that one day, Future generations of LGBTQ, Will know that we were here, Have always been here, Because… WE LEFT THE LIGHT ON FOR THEM. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marvinkwhite.substack.com