By Ande Jacobson

Everyone should be able to be comfortable in their own skin. They shouldn’t have to justify who they are. They should just be able to be. They should be free to live their life without fear because of who they are, or what they look like. As I’ve written many times before, humans, all of us, are a single species. We all have the same basic needs for clean air, safe food and water, shelter, clothing, companionship, and in the modern world, transportation, education, health care, and so much more. Today in the U.S., we have a federal government working hard to turn us against one another. It is working to make us hate one another for myriad superficial reasons. It is working to make us afraid to leave our homes, to express our views, and in far too many cases, to even exist. It is pulling at visceral emotions to make us fear one another when we should instead be supporting each other. Continue reading →