"Our disquiet with a situation, with our interactions are dismissed as drama. Our lack of safety is ignored. So of course it isn't worth it.
So we carefully work in the shadows. Giving support to each other and counteract the gas lighting in our communities.
It's not drama. No you aren't imagining this.
Are you safe?"
Enforcement of Freedom of Association doesn't curtail free speech, but Free Speech can not happen meaningfully without it.