Tell Your Story with KFA's One-Click Advocacy

Misty York, Communication Director

For as long as American citizens have spoken out against oppression, they have been met with resistance disguised as tradition.

The anti-fairness industry is no different. It relies on myth and misinformation; it twists the truth; it incites fear through misunderstanding. It appeals to tradition for no other reason than, that's the way it's always been.

Time and again, the antidote to that kind of resistance has been truth—the undeniable, irrefutable truth of individual human experience. So here's a slice of mine.

I was 18, and not so much homophobic as homo-ignorant, when my best friend Travis came out to me on Halloween night. He was only 18 too and just figuring things out for himself, and we went through some pretty tough transitions together. Suffice it to say I was a long way from making equality for GLBT people my career.

In the end, though, he was my best friend. And it didn't matter what my mom or my pastor had to say. Compassion prevailed, for a human being with drama and issues that I could see weren't all that different from my own.

What changed me was my relationship, not something I saw on the news or read in a pamphlet. Later, after I married my husband and started seeing all the tangible and intangible privileges we were getting, the unfairness of it all started to gnaw at me.

That's why I work to build fairness for everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression. Now it's your turn. Tell your story, why you believe in fairness, using KFA's one-click advocacy. It's easy!

Start believing that you hold a powerful engine for change in your own individual experience. Start breaking the silence that allows anti-fairness extremism to go unchallenged. Start building the relationships with your legislators that will change them into fairness allies like me.

Use the KFA One-Click Advocacy page to share your story!