What is going on?

It hasn't been easy facing the day lately. At every turn, it seems we, us, are inundated with bullshit.

I grew up thinking that hard work would pay off. Boy, was I crazy and naive. My therapist (back when I could afford one) gave me the biggest wake-up call back in 2010. He told me that I would always feel like things would be a struggle in my life because I am the epitome of what the majority of people in our country and possibly the world have an aversion to. I'm Black, gay, and I'm in the entertainment industry. A trifecta, he called it. I understood what he meant at the time, and I felt like they were MY issues to deal with, I found it empowering to know the truth about how I'm viewed in the world. But now...? What the hell is going on? How did we get to a place in our country where this "truth" is even worse than I could have ever imagined as a child, a young person, and now as an adult? How is it that people have chosen to push into the hatred of my existence with so much passion and vigor? Why the hate? Why the divisiveness? Why are so many individuals choosing to be what we were taught to fear? It bewilders me and has fucked up my summer. It's not an awakening. I've always known that there are haters, but I didn't think we would push into the hate as this country has lately. It's hard to face the day with all the negativity.