Limits

The lesson from German Fascism and Russian Stalinism is simple. If you are going to succeed in survival, you must draw a line over which you will not allow the evil of bigotry to corrupt your vision of your basic human rights. Man and his environment are one. If you allow the evil of homophobia into your life, into your heart, you are your own oppressor. If you participate in organizations, like Right-Wing political groups, most organized religions, homophobic family, you are your own oppressor and the oppressor of other homosexual people. You needn't hate your oppressors. You must stand up to them, distance them and condemn their homophobic actions. Only then will they recognize the repercussions of their bigotry. To plead, to bargain, to deny is a form of self-abuse, which has repercussions for all homosexual people. Liberation begins in the individual hearts of brave human beings who assert their human right to exist peacefully within their own lives.