Our battle for words
Has defined us for decades.
They call us perverts and deviants.
We call us lovers.
They call us criminals.
We call out, “Free at last!”
They call us sinners.
We call Hate as the sin.
We call our Love heavenly.
They call it gender ideology.
We call it living in our truth.
They call it biological sex.
We call it sex assigned at birth
After a brief external glance
By someone who presumes
They can tell us who we are and who we will become.
They call it men in dresses.
We call it Drag Royalty.
They call it pornographic.
We call it artistry, entertainment and satire.
They call it sexual and not age appropriate.
We call it Rainbow families.
They call it indoctrination.
We call it positive queer role models.
They call us pedophiles and predators.
We call them out for preying on us.
They call us woke.
We call out “Wake up to injustice.”
They call us radical leftists.
We call for radical empathy.
They call us libs and dems.
We call us humans who care.
They call us dangerous in sports.
We call us determined to play and to play fair.
They call it mutilation.
We call it health care that is gender affirming.
They call out, “What are you?”
We call out, “I know who I am!”
They say you must be either or.
We say we are everything and more.
They call us not related.
We call us chosen family.
They say, “Use your name at birth.”
We say, “I am my chosen name.”
They call for parents’ rights to control us.
We call for parents’ responsibility to affirm us.
They call it reverse racism.
We call it white supremacy.
They call it barbaric.
We call it sacred indigenous ceremony.
They call it religious freedom.
We call it bigotry.
They say, “Be who you are told to be.”
We say, “Be who you know you are.”
They say submit.
We say discover . . .
The battle to define us defines us.
Are we who they say we are?
Or do we have the power to define ourselves
And win our battle for words?
This much I do know –
When we reveal our true selves
Love
Always
Always
Always
Always
Wins!
