My child has been safe from attack - so far. That’s where their right to the pursuit of happiness is most threatened at the moment and what makes them most vulnerable. They are a gender-non-binary (and highly successful) drag queen, bringing happiness not only to themselves but to their cheering audiences. Lately, however, the Trumpian movement (with the full support of the future president’s assumed Republican opponent in 2024, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis) has targeted its most intense hatred on another part of my child’s identity. ![]() In a country where Donald Trump is still admired by some 40% of the public, don’t imagine for a second that my child, with all those identities, isn’t horrifyingly vulnerable. They - and, no, it wasn’t as hard as I expected to get used to the gender-neutral plural pronoun that they prefer - are brown-skinned, Mexican-American, secular-Jewish, and gay-married. Let me introduce you to my child, my one and only. But what happens when it’s the pursuit of happiness that makes someone most vulnerable? What makes a good society? Is it a guaranteed right to pursue happiness, as our Declaration of Independence proclaimed? Perhaps, as Gandhi said, it’s providing the poorest and most vulnerable among us with the means to control their own lives. Gala Drag Queen Valladolid by jhderojas is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Flickr
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