when it becomes easy you won the struggle

[nadinbrzezinski]

(Yes I am using plenty of personal and family history... to make a point)

When it becomes easy you won

a very bright person told me that one.. that was my mom

Her cousin had to change his last name to go to medical school, since Jews were not allowed in medical school

This was in the UK

He ended up serving as the Physician to the Royal Family... irony yes

A much younger relative of his, my brother, went to medical school no problem (in Mexico)

He didn't have to change his name either.

It was easy... and other relatives were able to go to colleges too... here in the good ol' US that had quotas at one time.

Did I mention that uncle of mine (who I never met) went to med school in the 1930s or so?

He had to struggle... when my brother didn't have to, either in Mexico, or in Canada, where he did his specialty, it meant that battle was over

And won in multiple countries.

And then you will have kids who will join you, the ones that don't have to struggle, even snicker at the effort... like many younger female kids these days that don' get it, never mind it is not really over.

Hard is when I started as a woman EMT in Mexico City

We were a fucking experiment. 120 of us. We were not allowed to work at night... too dangerous, we were not allowed to get into some specialties, and nobody would ever dream of letting two women go out on a call ALONE.. for fear of sexual attack.

These days women man ambulances, 24\7... and crews are at times all female... I've talked to some of those young "kids" They usually are amazed that doors were opened to them

So hope that you get to live to the point that people will go... you gay? So? can you do the job?

You gay? Ok, here is your license...

I don't care if you are gay... friend.

To the point where it is easy and you don't have to worry about being killed, battered, abused or expelled. To the point where that becomes a distant memory and history.

I suspect it will be a generation since attitudes are very different among younger kids... for whom things like a certain raid at a certain bar are not even part of their history (you know I bet, what I am talking about). Nor would they give a flying rats ass what you do at home. We will get there... we have in many other struggles

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