god bless america, my home sweet home

where they tell people who love each other

that they cannot have homes

because their love is a sin

to god almighty 

(because as jesus said about gay people, “                      .”)

 

there’s no place like home

where in twenty-eight states 

it is still legal to be denied housing based on who you are

or who you love

where seventy-three percent of lgbtq+ people

are still concerned about being denied a house

because of their identity 

(because who you love is, most definitely, a choice)

 

home is where the heart is

also schools, healthcare, and stability

but they tell you your heart doesn’t have a place here

not in america, land of the free

not in the fair housing act, the epitome of equal rights

(because if it has the word “fair” in it, it must be inclusive)

 

sure, a house is not a home

but it would protect lgbtq+ kids

who make up forty percent of homeless youth

who end up living on the streets

because their “caregivers”

don’t agree with their “lifestyle”

(because why wouldn’t you choose to be kicked out if you could help it)

 

“all men are created equal”

but wait, not the men who love each other

not the men who were born women

they tell those men

they can’t sell their homes to them 

they don’t deserve basic human rights

(because selling your home to gay people clearly makes you a sinner as well)

 

home is not a place, it’s a feeling

a great feeling

when an eighty-year-old grandma 

who has recently lost her partner

is beaten and assaulted 

just for being gay

at a nursing home, of all places

(because doesn’t everyone send grandma to the nursing home to get beaten?)

 

with you, i’m home

but without legislation

people cannot have a home

because our fair housing acts and title ixs 

do not protect the people 

who just want to be themselves

(because legislation about minorities definitely shouldn’t include gay people that have been marginalized for thousands of years)

we all deserve a home.