“Our LGBTQ community members are just like you and me,” said the mayor of Lexington
to honor Pride month

Just like you and me, she said
Just like, but not the same
Not the norm You and me
You and me, straight, normal, cisgendered

What about us, who are not you and me
What about us, the L, the G, the B, the T, the Q, the +  
Why are we not you and me
I may not be old enough to understand Stonewall
But I am old enough to remember the whisperings of a new disease
Old enough to remember a community devastated
Old enough to have cavorted in the Castro Old enough to have played on Polk Street

But still not you and me
Still other
Still just like but not the same
I am queer
I am here
I am you