23 | just a very queer question

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To those of you with an opinion on it... I got this idea yesterday to work on a speech for Marie-Claude, but not a Parliament speech or really, any political (as such) speech at all, but rather a speech for a specific occasion. I guess it would be seen as a political speech, because it would be held at Pride celebrations and Pride is inherently political, but this speech should be less about any specific political affiliation and more to document a lived experience.

The idea is that in the year prior to this Pride speech, Marie-Claude, the Prime Minister of her country, came out of the closet as bisexual and moved in, under much public scrutiny, with her girlfriend (and speechwriter, though Marie-Claude would be writing this particular speech herself), Sasha. Although it did create some uproar, generally her country is pretty liberal-minded and at least, she wasn't a corrupt criminal, right - so it wasn't treated as anything politically damaging. Fast forward to the time of the speech: although Marie-Claude, both before and after she became Prime Minister, has partaken in Pride events as a political representative, this is the first time she partakes as a woman who is an out and recognised part of the community herself.

If you're still with me... As I've never partaken in a lot of Pride events, I only remember one speech from a Pride parade years and years back - and it wasn't a positive experience, as it was the Danish right-wing party, Dansk Folkeparti, doing it - I wanted to know what others thought would be good and required subjects to talk about at such an event, especially considering Marie-Claudes own backstory.

I was thinking about letting her address her own experiece of stepping into a position of marginalisation, how she - until she realized she was a part of the LGBT+ group herself - could play the part of someone who had the right to "bestow rights" upon others, a part of the majority, and thus now has to accept her place as a minority who relies on people, who think like she did before, to bestow rights upon her.

I'd like for the red thread to be something about making it a required skill for the majority to consider and learn about minority needs - that would be the most political part of her speech, not an electional promise, but definitely a political agenda for the time to come.

Is there anything in particular any of you guys would like to hear in a speech like that, coming from a person in power who herself is part of the community? Any themes or specific subject matters that you'd like her to touch upon, if you were the listeners at that Pride event? Should she be very political in her points? She is leader of the Social-Liberals, a fictional party that is very centric-leaning, though probably more socialist than liberal in its views. Or should she speak from a more personal, "lived experience" angle? If so, this would be her first time doing so, would that sway your opinon on what you'd like to hear her say?

Any input on this is welcome. If there's something you need to know in order to answer, don't hesitate to ask, I'll be happy to elaborate.

Thank you in advance!