I’m having a small cocktail party this evening, doing some wine sampling with some friends. And we’ll toast the 248 years America was a democracy and give a proper farewell to my health insurance (Obamacare), the social security I’ve paid into in all my life and which will no longer be there when I retire, all the money I’ve managed to save up through my hard work over the decades (which will now disappear when Trump crashes the economy), and all civil rights in this country. It will feel like drinking a bottle of champagne on the deck of the Titanic while it was sinking.

The upcoming Trump regime will not be good for the gays, First off will be the overturning of gay marriage by the Supreme Court in their next session, that’s already queued up. I assume that will mean annulling present gay marriages and prohibiting new ones. Then they strip trans rights and target drag queens. Then, eventually, they’ll get around to just balls out eliminating all equal rights for gays in housing, employment, eating at a restaurant, etc. Obviously not all people will suddenly discriminate but the green light is there for any who want to discriminate against gays with no repercussions. That might be all. Or they may go further and make homosexuality in of itself illegal and start rounding up and killing the gays. And, trust me boys, there is nothing campy about concentration camp. This is why I’m so sad and terrified for myself and the entire gay community in the US. I would GLADLY like to be proven wrong but only time will tell so spare me the “it’s not so bad” BS. Everything in my life is getting upended because of the uncertainty of what is to come in terms of civil rights but also financially, health insurance, ability to retire in ten years, etc. All plans, vacations, expenditures, etc. are on hold till I figure out how to best position myself for the tidal wave of pain (& inflation) the Trump regime will inflict on us.