I want to take a moment to speak to my gay white male brothers. I want to speak with you because you are in the position to be part of the revolution America needs. I am specifically calling on gay white men to get a little crazy. I am calling on you to be the conductors on "Our" underground railroad that can transport us all into that all-too-elusive promised land. That place where we challenge what we heard about "those people" growing up, and the only privilege anyone has is the continuously unfolding awareness of our mutuality. I am calling on my gay white brothers to challenge themselves to step outside of "gay issued" politics and dip their feet in the sea of "interconnected politics." I am calling on my gay brothers to not concede to their fears of what might happen if the country is lead by someone who does not look like them.

I am asking my feminist sisters to overcome the stinging bitterness over the reality that this country will not be lead by a nurturer- but also rise to the challenge of being nurturing at this historic juncture and not concede to their fears of what might happen if the country is lead by the personification of what they have been taught to fear.

I must admit that as a black feminist dyke raised in a single maternal-headed and Afrocentric household, I never thought that I would be admitting to needing anyone, much less white folk. However, I have come to understand the importance of a universal principle. As children we are taught that what goes around comes around and that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us. We are taught these lessons because in essence we share the inescapable mutuality of connectedness. So whether a spiritual practice perceives it as Namskar, being our brother's (or sister's) keeper, loving our neighbor as ourselves, good karma, libation for the elders, or wishing someone that they never hunger or thirst; most traditions are in tune with: what we give to another we give to ourselves and likewise what we deny another we deny ourselves.

As Dr. King so simply put it, "None of us are free unless all of us are free."

Gay white men can be the bridge over the trouble waters of racism, sexism, and classism because of the privilege of being white men.

What I am asking gay white men to consider is the interconnectedness of oppressions. The same bubbas that drive around decapitating "niggers" in Texas are the same bubbas beating pretty little gay white boys to death and leaving them crucified in the dark of the Wyoming night.

See, what we must understand is that the "good old boy network" is already clear about their interconnected politics. They are clear that there is no room at the table for folk not in the same class as them, that do not love as they love; and that there is barely a place set for those who don't look like them or have the same genitals as them.

When I see gay white men perpetuate this paradigm instead of creating a new one, I am grieved.

When gay white men get clear on the interconnectedness of our politics our strength will be in the gathering at our diversified table. Gay white men will not totally be free until we stop the rollback on womyn's rights. Gay white men will not totally be free until they get that just because "They" might come for you last does not mean that "they" will not come for you.

Now I am not by any means under the delusion that what I am about to suggest will not be without its challenges, but it will also have its rewards.

I want to see my gay white brothers calling people on "jokes" that demean another's culture. I want to see my gay white brothers who have the power to hire and fire create some employment opportunities for people who do not look like or live like them in the work place. I want my gay white brothers to put aside the capitalistic pursuits and vote for political party tickets that come as close as possible to promoting the certain inalienable rights to all people- even if that parties candidate is a womyn.

Let us all live out our lives with our own personal EEO statements. That we will hold the divinity in every human being regardless of race, class, gender (declared or undeclared), religion, national origin, and yes, even sexual orientation. May we draw on the strength inherent in each of us and get a little CRAZY.

Continue to walk in the light, redefine your faith, and remember it's all about the rhythm.