My partner of 6 years refused to go to the hospital when we thought she had appendicitis. [View All]

Her body was shaking in pain and she was sobbing. She wouldn't go because if it was appendicitis or a ruptured ovarian cyst, they'd have to operate and she was afraid they'd refuse to let her see me. She kept crying "They'll take you away from me! They'll take you away from me!" Basically she's so traumatized by the idea of being separated from me that'd she'd rather die at home from a curable illness with me by her side than risk dying alone knowing that I'm in a waiting room begging to see her with homophobic nurses telling me I'm not "family."

She didn't have much of a fever, if she did I was going to call an ambulance because I am too small to physically force her to go. I was afraid, of course, that the EMTs would not allow me to ride with her.

Her fever didn't rise, and it wasn't appendicitis. And we don't know if it was that caused the pain. She is afraid to go to the doctors in general because she knows she won't go to the hospital for an operation.

And all this stress is on top of the financial burden of hospital bills. Even though we have insurance for the first time in years, we have a 30% copay. And if my partner was in the hospital, we'd lose our benefits in a few months because she has to work a certain number of hours a week or she loses the insurance--and hospitalizations count.


Who EXACTLY is included in the American system anymore? Considering the treatment of LGBT people; the treatment of vets returning from with suicidal depression, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, sexual abuse issues, and total despair--all from wars they know are pointless; the treatment of the average working American (not to mention immigrants) by the banks that own their homes and workplaces; the hundreds of thousands of college grads sucked down by student loan debt they can't pay off.

Who EXACTLY is living this "American Dream" I hear so much about? The rightwing scum who drain the rest of us for profit (work and war) or for sadistic thrills (gaybashing/racism)?

People are tired. Not just gay people. Most people. We're tired.