Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"I understand that you don't need to leave because they'll make you, or because you need to in order to survive. I understand it is not your humanity that is assaulted by their policies. I understand that while they cut me out of the body, you will need to cut yourself out in order to leave. It will be painful, and messy, and scary.

"I understand all of these things. I want you to know I understand them because I am asking you to leave anyway.

"If you can understand that I am not fully affirmed in anti-queer churches; in families which do not accept LGBT children, siblings, parents, or partners; in the eyes of our government, I am asking you to see that you are standing inside a place I am not allowed. And so I do not want you to stay, or to build bridges, or to try to work from the inside out. I want you to stand beside me. I want you to walk across the gulf these anti-gay forces have created between you and me and I want you to stand with me.

"I want you to leave my oppressors behind and stand with me. I want you to refuse to cooperate with injustice. [...]

"[...] I am asking that you leave the places which divide and join the places which empower."

-- Brian G. Murphy (QTheology), "Division & Solidarity: A letter to straight allies", Queer Theology [emphasis present in original text]