Gif's Artidote<p>after being an isolated outcast for yrs, last night i went to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemic</span></a>, my local <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a>+ choir, & watched</p><p> <a href="https://youtu.be/tilsrO-3gcQ?si=iyznQ2xGilocCiCQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/tilsrO-3gcQ?si=iyznQ2</span><span class="invisible">xGilocCiCQ</span></a> </p><p>same day of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourtRuling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourtRuling</span></a>. </p><p>I started crying. and my new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/differabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>differabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> 🏳️🌈 family, of which some I had never met before, came to me and hugged, and held, and touched me. they said we are your family now, and you are 🖤 and accepted for who you are. <br>I am so grateful to all of you, specially Elisha for welcoming and opening your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ellieverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ellieverse</span></a> for me!</p>