{"id":48193,"date":"2016-12-10T12:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T17:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trumped-out-being-gay-and-disabled-in-a-trump-supporting-red-state-one-month-after-the-election\/"},"modified":"2016-12-10T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T17:25:42","slug":"trumped-out-being-gay-and-disabled-in-a-trump-supporting-red-state-one-month-after-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trumped-out-being-gay-and-disabled-in-a-trump-supporting-red-state-one-month-after-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Trumped out: Being gay and disabled in a Trump-supporting red state one month after the election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Trumped out: Being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and disabled in a Trump-supporting red state one month after the election<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/07164548\/20100402_050308_MHD-029montana.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/07164548\/20100402_050308_MHD-029montana.jpg 600w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/07164548\/20100402_050308_MHD-029montana-360x246.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>It was the day after the election, and there I sat on the bus, lost in thought on my way to work. Outside my window, Trump-Pence signs, ever so mockingly,&nbsp;littered the side of the highway. Each one seemed to blur into the next.<\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;I wonder how many celebrities will actually move out of the country now?!&rdquo; I heard a fellow passenger joke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;Yeah, better to be rid of them!&rdquo; chimed in the driver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/my-big-fat-disabled-relationship-finding-love-when-you-have-a-disability-20160409\" target=\"_blank\">My Big Fat Disabled Relationship: Finding Love When You Have A Disability<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>For many in my home state of Montana that day, Trump&rsquo;s win was cause for celebration. People, who only days before seemed agitated by such a never-ending election, were suddenly beaming. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited for what he is going to do for this country,&rdquo; I heard one radio broadcaster announce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even my family, passionate Trump supporters, couldn&rsquo;t help but cheer, despite the fact that I am a member of not one but <i>two<\/i> communities he openly mocked during his presidential campaign&mdash;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and disabled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;I know you are sad,&rdquo; my mom texted me that morning. &ldquo;I am sorry for your loss.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;Congrats on your win,&rdquo; I responded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even though I knew my mother&rsquo;s heart was in the right place, it was still hard to take.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/five-tips-for-what-not-to-say-to-someone-who-is-gay-and-disabled-20160326\" target=\"_blank\">Five Tips For What Not To Say To Someone Who Is Gay And Disabled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>It was real. Donald Trump was going to be our president; and here I was, a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> liberal snowflake with cerebral palsy, stuck in the deeply red state of Montana. <\/span><span>Montana, the same state that, as my boyfriend described, has more Jesus and anti-abortion signs than people. The same state that, up until 2013, still had a law deeming <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> a crime despite the whole Lawrence V. Texas SCOTUS ruling that struck down sodomy laws back in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It all seemed so hopeless. One month later, it still does at times. The night after the election, I posted a status on Facebook, which looking back, reads like a dramatic inner-monologue straight out of <i>Gossip Girl:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/07170119\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-4.00.34-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-07-at-4-00-34-pm\" width=\"496\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/07170119\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-4.00.34-PM.png 496w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/07170119\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-4.00.34-PM-360x328.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\"><\/p>\n<p>Dramatic or not (xoxo, you know you love me!), the truth is, Montana can be an odd place to be <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, especially post-election.<\/p>\n<p>While it&rsquo;s previously made strides for the LGBTQ community&ndash;we can have <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> legally now!&ndash;there still remains this ultra-conservative yet sometimes-acceptable mentality. For instance, you can hold hands, as long as you&rsquo;re careful with where. Parking lots are totally okay, but once you&rsquo;re inside the grocery store, say, picking out avocados together, that&rsquo;s another story. Once, when my boyfriend and I got &ldquo;too close&rdquo; in a store, a stranger offered us &ldquo;eternal life&rdquo; if only we accepted Jesus into our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/like-date-someone-disabled-according-non-disabled-exes-20160514\" target=\"_blank\">What It&rsquo;s Like To Date Someone Who Is Disabled (According To My Non-Disabled Exes)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we go to bars, people will look at us with their heads tilted, trying to figure us out. &ldquo;Are you brothers?&rdquo; they&rsquo;ll ask. When we tell them no: &ldquo;Oh, just buddies?&rdquo; <i>Sure, something like that<\/i>, I&rsquo;ll think.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention the hilariously offensive low-key homophobic remarks I often hear, sometimes from my own friends. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care if someone is <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>; like, with you, you&rsquo;re cool!&rdquo; they&rsquo;ll say, as I wait for the bigot-hammer to fall. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s when they start acting like they&rsquo;re <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a> and\/or wear makeup that I&rsquo;m like, sorry no.&rdquo; <em>Ding ding ding!<\/em> Please excuse me while I embrace #THERAGE.<\/p>\n<p>And then there are those people, usually straight and more often than not white, who proclaim, &ldquo;Who cares what people think? I would just be yourself and tell people you are <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>!&rdquo; But that&rsquo;s easy to say when you&rsquo;re not the one who has to deal with the consequences, whatever those may be. And it is that unknown that is perhaps the hardest part&ndash;the unknown of how someone may react when you tell them you&rsquo;re a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a> who likes other <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a>&nbsp;and that you have a&ndash;gasp!&ndash;<i>boyfriend<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>It can be truly isolating, made even more so after this election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/trump-memes-almost-horrifying-thought-impending-presidency-20161204\" target=\"_blank\">These Trump Memes Are Almost As Horrifying As The Thought Of His Impending Presidency<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>At times, I feel as if I&rsquo;ve been forced back in the closet, having to hide like I did when I was an awkward, lonely teenager trying to figure out where I fit in in the world. I think about my mom&rsquo;s text the day after the election&mdash;&ldquo;Sorry for your loss&rdquo;&mdash;and wonder if she really truly understands everything that I&rsquo;ve lost, or stand to lose in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I suppose I could always move. But until then, it would be really nice if I could hold my boyfriend&rsquo;s hand while we pick out avocados at the grocery store. Is that too much to ask? Perhaps that is a question for our <i>next<\/i> president.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=acgot_Y_4_o:QHxm12V98kY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=acgot_Y_4_o:QHxm12V98kY:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/trumped-gay-disabled-trump-supporting-red-state-one-month-election-20161210?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/trumped-gay-disabled-trump-supporting-red-state-one-month-election-20161210?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trumped out: Being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and disabled in a Trump-supporting red state one month after the election It was the day after the election, and there I sat on the bus, lost in thought on my way to work. Outside my window, Trump-Pence signs, ever so mockingly,&nbsp;littered the side of the highway. Each one seemed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trumped-out-being-gay-and-disabled-in-a-trump-supporting-red-state-one-month-after-the-election\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trumped out: Being gay and disabled in a Trump-supporting red state one month after the election<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trumped out: Being gay and disabled in a Trump-supporting red state one month after the election - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trumped-out-being-gay-and-disabled-in-a-trump-supporting-red-state-one-month-after-the-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trumped out: Being gay and disabled in a Trump-supporting red state one month after the election - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trumped out: Being gay and disabled in a Trump-supporting red state one month after the election It was the day after the election, and there I sat on the bus, lost in thought on my way to work. 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