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To the editor:
First They Came © 2023 by Kathryn Redman
Based on First They Came by Martin Niemöller

First they came for the Trans Youth
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Transgender Youth

Then they came for the Trans Adults
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Transgender Adult

Then they came for the Same Sex Marriage
And I did not speak out
Because I was not in a Same Sex Marriage

Then they came for the Lesbians and Gays
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Lesbian or Gay

Then they came for those in Interracial Marriage
And I did not speak out
Because I was not in an Interracial Marriage

Then they came again for the Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Islanders
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Black or Hispanic or Asian or an Islander

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Penny Hymbaugh
Mount Ayr