Ireland Wins Marriage; Let the #VoteYes Party Begin!

June 26th, the day the Supreme Court ruled on marriage equality, is a complex day for the queer community. On one hand, we managed to overpower a deeply bigoted infrastructure that fought till the bitter end to deny us our rights. But on the other hand, in the present, the nation has yet to see a movement as powerful and organized as the one for marriage equality for issues that are more relevant to other members of the queer community. I’m not angry, nor am I pretentious enough to muddy the hard work and activism done by folks who won me the right to marry my partner (someday). However, I am critical and inclusive, which inevitably leads me to question where the powers that changed the country last year are now when we need them desperately to fight for the rights of the most marginalized in the larger queer community.