Christmas on the Front
December 25th, 2008 at 8:13 am (Thoughtful)
For Christmas Day I’ve selected a poem written only recently about the kind of strife that goes on between different factions of queer folk, whilst the world generally carries on discriminating against them all.
I have always been struck by the way in which the famous Christmas Day Truce between opposing trenches in the First World War really highlighted the futility of human battles. For a short period, deadly enemies came together because of their similarities, before retiring to their lines to resume killing one-another. So it occurred to me to borrow that backdrop but replace English and German opponents with Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual and Trans people.
May the peace in your own lives extend beyond one day.
