Panel 1
(Picture of two white, middle class cis men with two children and a dog)
Gay Dad 1: We may be gay, but we’re just like you!
Gay Dad 2: We’re monogamous and have adopted children! We’re the perfect nuclear family!
Panel 2
(Picture of two white, middle class cis women with two children and two cats)
Lesbian Mom 1: I only work part time so I can take care of the kids!
Lesbian Mom 2: We’re white and middle class and totally non-threatening!
Panel 3
(Picture of a white, middle class heterosexual couple, one a trans man and the other a cis woman, again, with children and pets)
Trans Man: I have “completely” transitioned, and entirely with my own money just by working hard (at my dad’s job)! You don’t need to worry about your taxes going to that sort of thing!
Cis Woman: He’s straight, too! It’s almost like he’s not LGBT at all!
Panel 4
(All of the couples together)
Couples: And we want the same privileges as every other good, American Citizen!
Panel 5
(A large panel with a crowd of people, looking up at the other panels above them. They are from a variety of classes, races, genders, orientations, and abilities)
Person: What about us?
Panel 6
Queer Black Woman: Even if same gender parents are accepted, that doesn’t stop people from accusing me of wanting kids to get on welfare!
Panel 7
Trans Woman of Color: I’m frequently harassed and arrested violently on assumption of being a sex provider.
Panel 8
Queer, Austistic Homeless Person: I am homeless and extremely vulnerable. I’m often denied entrance to shelters because I’m open about my sexuality, and the stress of homelessness is only amplified by my Autism.
Panel 9
Latinx/Chicanx Nonbinary Person: Colonists not only have destroyed my open and gender variant culture, but my way of living as well! I’m accused of stealing queer American culture and jobs, but I’m just trying to survive!
Panel 10
Queer Female Prisoner: I’m a victim of the War on Drugs and the School to Prison Pipeline. Being in such high contact with our oppressive societal systems makes me much more vulnerable to violence.
Panel 11
Disabled Queer Person: Be included in a society that thinks that I’m a burden on them and makes it more difficult for me to live my life at every turn? No thanks!!
Panel 12
(Back to the couples. One of the gay men stomps his foot on the edge of the panel)
Gay Dad 2: Keep it down! How are we supposed to help the LGBT community with you making so much noise?
