I'm a student, a young person, a lefty, a daughter, a woman, a friend, a comrade, a bad-dresser, a Chinese person, a café worker...

Dear Andrew, 

Hey mate, so I’m a queer. 

I’m also a student, a young person, a lefty, a daughter, a woman, a friend, a comrade, a bad-dresser, a Chinese person, a café worker, a sister, a Danish person, a quasi-intellectual, a house-mate, an Australian, a folk music fan, a feminist, a short person, a (closet) red head, a wannabe classical music aficionado, a roller derby player, an organiser, a yoga-doer, a self-denying hipster, an iphone owner, a tax-payer, an op-shopper, a literature lover, a messy-room keeper, a beer drinker, a facebook addict. In no particular order. 

I would never feel that any of these identities would be a legitimate reason for the state to openly discriminate against me. So why would it be ok that as a queer, I am denied my right to marry? 

I will not stand to be treated as lesser than the next person; especially something I have no control over. Because in the end I am simply human. 

Emma Eriksen,