I've never participated in the U.S. Census before. I think I just didn't get the forms or something. I don't know. But yesterday the forms came, and I happily tore open the envelope. And honestly? I was a little let down. I was expecting more, I think. It was done in two seconds and I went, "That's it?"
But I did have the joy of marking the box that said that Robb was my unmarried partner of the same gender. That was monumental and made me feel more visible.
Of course, according to the guy at the donation center at Goodwill yesterday, I'm not being visible enough with my Human Rights Campaign sticker on the back of my car. Umm...okay, assface. I'm not going to plaster my car with rainbows. I think that's tacky. He practically accused me of being in the closet. At first, I didn't know what to feel about it, but now? I think it was really rude of him to tell me, "Nice sticker," and genuinely mean it, but then to follow it up by telling me I wasn't doing enough. Bah!
But I got to see Aaron, who works there, and he's always a sweetie. I miss seeing him at the bank. Anywho...it's off to my magical day of nothing.
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I hate people who try to make you feel guilty that you're doing "enough" of whatever. He has no right to tell you what to do. I'm working for a cmpany that is co-ordinating the Uk census. What jolly fun! Not sure if we have "unmarried partner of the same gender" on ours. Probably have "civil partner". Gay folks can "marry" here now. We have poeple come dorr-to-door to do the forms, we're not trusted to do them on our own.
I wish we were allowed to marry in Illinois. But that's not a right they've given us in the land of the free yet. Bah!
I used to have a rainbow sticker on my car but constantly worried about vandalism. Nowadays, I agree with a comic I saw recently who said that just because I'm gay doesn't mean my car has to be, too.
Well, I don't really worry about vandalism.
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