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This is an opinion piece I wrote in spanish on my blog a few days ago, and now I just translated it to english, for english speakers to read.

I write about the "Straight Moderate", in a way akin to how MLK talked about the "White Moderate", because I fell identified with his frustrations, extrapolated to the LGBTQ+ struggles.

Tell me what you think if you read it, thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I liked it. I think there may be a difference between American moderates today with LGBTq and American moderates in the past on racial issues. In the US moderates are pretty progressive on lgb issues (Idk about the t yet) compared to the rest of the world (including South America in my understanding). But American moderates were pretty behind on racial issues in the 60s, as it was still decades before interracial relationship on TV were shown regularly or interracial marriage was legal.

In the US at least there has been real progress in most cities that make up the majority of the population, or suburbs where all the moderates in the US live. Political progress comes in stutter steps with political power since not much gets done.