As a community we have shown we are creative. We invent the words to express who we are. Many of the communities are the kindest people I've met. We have known pain and suffering, so we trust and support each other. 'Gay' was never enough to describe us. But we are not tribes. Our pain is real, but we do not live as the people we slaughtered did. We are building lasting communities together. For some of us, it will take great effort, picking up every stick we find, to reinforce the bush in which we hide, to keep our friends safe. So I feel comfortable to say, I am a faggot. I hope you can feel the calm to be one too.