Ain't Nothing But a Heartbreak
It first alarmed me when a reporter from the Pioneer Press informed me that I am a member of the ruling class. I did not understand how this could be possible as a person who has lived in poverty most of my life. I was not even curious what kind of privileges it allowed me. I did not see myself as a person who had privileges beyond being white and educated. Yet American society is ruled by its class-system, even if I had been treated like a second-class citizen most of my life for being queer.
This is not going to be a tristé on what my life in my family was like with my dad as a politician because there really was very little role. I did not live here until his last terms. I had very little involvement with their lives. I saw them so little not much can be said about it at all. All I know is that the policies he put forth and voted on about the queer community directly harmed me as an individual. There is a legislative record of this that he cannot change or lie about and tell me otherwise.
He does a lot of that.
I think a psychologist might wonder why he choose lie about it if he was actually proud of his decision or if he thought it was right.
He actually called me up on the phone about a couple of them, and I said his views were wrong, and he still looked for a compromise like having queer people drive up to 50 miles for a photographer or cake or other service when not everyone has those capabilities or resources. When he asked about the bathroom bill, I told him someone with PTSD might have a hard time in their correct sex bathroom, and that men's bathrooms can be dangerous, but that shouldn't stop trans kids from being allowed to use the bathroom. I do not believe I had much of an impact on changing his vote, only on his oration. He literally used me as a political pawn for his political beliefs. Yet still, here a reporter from the Pioneer Press was calling me a member of the ruling class, and I still do not know what that means.
I’m not going to write a book about this, though.