The holidays are hard for many in the queer community. Issues ranging from family estrangement to working to stay sober during the seemingly endless holiday festivities. And of course – there's the landscape littered with political landmines.
ABCNews.com has a gut wrenching story about a family who had to face the reality that their queer child felt their life was in danger if Trump was reelected.
Their child, cellphone in hand, was on a call with an LGBTQ crisis hotline counselor. With tears in his eyes, they explained, as his parents listened, that he had joined an online group of LGBTQ kids that planned to die by suicide if former President Donald Trump won the election. The Trump campaign -- which has said it will "end left-wing gender insanity" in schools, medical care, sports, and restrict anti-discrimination policies -- has been criticized for its rhetoric against gender non-conforming people. "I feel like I was a bad mother because I was one of those people," said Fisher, a conservative Trump supporter, recalling that she had laughed at a pro-Trump ad on television that claimed "Kamala is for They/Them. Trump is for you." Looking back, she recalls her child walking out of the room.
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