5/5 Opening your mind and having a civil conversation with someone who isn't exactly like you is the first step towards the cure for QDS. By doing so, we can bridge the gap between our communities and foster a deeper understanding and empathy for one another.

4/5 This is often found in people and communities that have become too insulated, only associating with others who look like they do, think like they do, and act like they do. They blame us for what they feel is wrong with their lives instead of taking responsibility for who and where they are.

3/5 Queer community of things like grooming children, infiltrating schools, etc. This Syndrome goes back to before the time of the Stonewall uprising. And with only 10% of the population, it seems that we're accused of more of society's ills than we could conceivably accomplish.

2/5 But I submit that there's a Syndrome much older and stronger in parts of the US that's scapegoating people without any proof of harm to the people afflicted by it. I am talking about Queer Derangement Syndrome.

Queer Derangement Syndrome often rears its head when straight people accuse the

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4/ have the courage to not do this again. Whether you are queer or an ally, now is the time that we must find our courage and stand up as one.

3/ and refuse to be taken back to that America that refuses to give rights to the most marginalized groups in our society. Our President and our governor believe that their power and their hate can provide enough fear in us that we will go back into our closets and hide ourselves again, we must