FINDING MY VOICE IN A RISKY NEW REALITY.

I’ve always been comfortable staying behind the curtain. My writing, until now, has lived in the neutral, professional world of business blogs—focused, impersonal, and safely detached. I never thought of myself as someone who’d put their raw, personal voice out there for the world to hear. But the times have changed, and so have I.

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The 2024 elections were a tipping point. What I witnessed felt like a rupture—a betrayal of the principles that should protect all of us, a direct threat to the rights and safety of people like me and my LGBTQ+ community. Fear and anger have become constants in my life, and I’ve realized that staying silent only compounds the weight of it all.

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This blog is my attempt to break that silence. It’s an outlet for emotions I’ve been holding back for far too long—fear, rage, hope, despair—and a space to validate and connect with others feeling the same way. Yet I know that speaking up, especially now, is not without risk. In today’s polarized political climate, sharing these thoughts means making myself vulnerable to criticism, backlash, or worse.

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But I also know this: staying quiet is no longer an option. This is my voice, raw and unapologetic, speaking into an uncertain future. I may not know where it will lead, but I know it’s worth the risk. Because being heard matters—and maybe, just maybe, it will help someone else feel seen, heard, and less alone too.

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