We all know the stigma, but we cannot remain silent

Source: america.aljazeera.com

"But silence now, as before, is complicity. Silence was complicity during the civil rights movement, during apartheid, during Nazi Germany.

 

The consequences for those who speak out vary widely…For those of us who risk only a lost friend, a lost employer, a missed opportunity from something as simple as a Facebook status update, a marginal decrease in our income, as opposed to losing our entire family, home and livelihood, we have no excuse."

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