Reply #56: This is my first post on the Internet

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and I'm nervous about it. What SnowBack is saying is true. I am a Black gay woman and I am scared. My partner and I are both scared that something is happening and we will be the ones to feel the pain. I live in the Bay Area of CA and even here I feel the looks of hate from the religous right and the republicans. My wife and I walk in Oakland and people make hateful comments. Nothing overtly threatening, but they scare us anyway. I don't know if Bush is behind it, but there is a coincidence here that Gay people are suffering increasing violence and hate crimes since Nov. 2nd. We see it all over the Bay Area and it is frightening.