When Hozier tweets, the replies are filled with cries of “Thank you sapphic king.” The Irish star says he’s happy that his music resonates with LGBTQI+ fans — and he feels it’s important to speak out as their rights come under attack.
There are tiers to it, as the right to protest erodes and normal things like drag, clinic defense, and ecological defense are starting to carry domestic terrorism charges now. Those activists are the vital base of the pyramid. And it’s up to the more visible figures at the top like you to raise awareness, and more importantly, money. You don’t have to be Jane Fonda. No, unfortunately we can’t all be Jane Fonda. I think you do what you can with what you have, you know? And what you can do.
100 percent. It is alarming how much it’s changed in the last 10 years. It is truly alarming. I even think back to the Seventies or Eighties. There’s armed militias outside drag shows, in certain parts of the country. It’s terrifying. This is not just an American phenomenon. What’s hanging over that threat is a threat of an impending pogrom. It’s very, very serious. It is alarming.
I just find social media in general, oftentimes it does run off a currency of reaction, and that’s something that reactionary forces are very aware of also and operate in bad faith on. It’s also just for my own personal mental health, I just find that I’m not a happy person the more I engage with that medium. It doesn’t bring me to a creative space. It doesn’t bring me to a happy place, and I try to foster and cultivate a community that’s among people that I can see and speak to.
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