This note was passed to me on another blog site were i hang for fun and entertainment but the message was so strong that i just had to share it here. It really touched my heart and should you want to feel free to pass it along.
I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag everyday. I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian. I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman. I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights. We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time. I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room. I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me. I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear. We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men. I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me. I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman. I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman. I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male. I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men. I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that. I am the woman who died when the EMTs stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn't have to always deal with society hating me. I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind. I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love. I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends I'm a lesbian, because they constantly make fun of them. I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die because two straight men wanted to "teach me a lesson"--- if you believe that homophobia is wrong, feel free to reblog this
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This is so powerful. A true shame that in our modern society people are still dealing with these issues. Sometime I'm just ashamed to be part of this human race.
Great post....just imagine what we could do if all the energy spent hating was directed to something positive...boggles the mind!
I do not believe that love should only be for opposite sex couples. Love is for everyone and it is a truly magical experience. I felt so sad reading this post. Our society shouldn't treat people like this! We can't help who we fall in love with.
Hazel xxx
I believe that God Loves everyone and that he wants us to care about our brothers and sisters. Hate does not come from God. and since it doesn't come from Him it should not have a place in our hearts. Blessings, Joanne
yet again the stupidity of mankind is evidenced by hate and intolerance born of ignorance...
Very strong post, and I can only agree with what everyone else has already said. You certainly can't help who you fall in love with.
Yeah, really raw emotional issues that are society still offers no solutions for.
wow.. great entry.. tolerance is the only way to make progress.
I am the woman that wants to say that I love my sister more than anything. Her being a lesbian has nothing to do with how I feel about her or how much my family adores her. It is a non entity, but - I have to post anonymously because she can't come out of the closet due to the hate.
And that is wrong.
@Bouncin barb it is a total shame
@Chief i know it's mind blowing to see how much nergy is spent on hate when we could do so much more if we just accept and love
@Hazel i agree love does see it feels
@joanne agreed
@Bruce yep we can out do ourselves sometimes with our stuoidity
@thisisme
@copyboy
@sy thank you and yes we need to show more love and less hate
@Anonymous it's so sad that you have to post this way but know i appreciate you taking time to read my blog and i am sending you and your beautiful sister a huge cyber hug and i hope one day you will not have to keep yourself Anonymous
Amen, I so agree especially with what Chief Dad said "just imagine what we could do if all the energy spent hating was directed to something positive"
It's really simple, we were not put on this earth to judge, just because someone does something different or loves someone different that we do, this does not make them wrong, we are the ones who are wrong if we believe they are.
Sad that our society spends more time looking down their noses at others than just reaching out and accepting people for who they are.
Two of my cousin's are gay and it gives me a sense of pride that my family wasn't the type to shun or outcast. It's just sad that we still live in a world so populated with backwards thinking knuckle-draggers.
What is celebrated by our society today could be condemned tommorrow. This often happens no matter how bigoted or stupid it is.
Powerful, moving and sad...
@jimmy yap Chief said it best
@moody by nature that's awesome that you guys accepted them bet they're wonderful people
@Drake very true
@pat thank you
That's horrible that people would do this to other people. Just because they're different doesn't mean they are lesser beings.
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@the Adorkable Ditz it still floors me that people are still so small minded and cruel
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