My post today has absolutely nothing to do with being trans, nothing to do with being queer in the queer unfriendly culture that is the military. Tonight, it doesn't matter how I or anyone else classify themselves or others. Tonight I am nothing more than American. Tonight, I join with millions of others in celebrating the death of the monster, Osama bin Laden.
Normally, I couldn't celebrate the death of a person. But every so often, maybe once in a generation, there arises a person who commits such atrocities that they can no longer be considered a human being. They voluntarily reclassify themselves as "monster." Osama bin Laden was one of these. Tonight, I will celebrate the death of a monster, not of a man.
I'm not going to pretend that this death means anything other than as a symbol. It is a statement that we will not give up, that America will mete out justice no matter what the cost. Tonight is also about closure for all those affected by the attacks on 9/11. Which is pretty much all of us. Nearly ten years ago we began a manhunt for the perpetrator of a horrible act. Tonight, that part of our mission, at least, has been completed. It kinda feels good.
