silverstorm19

March 17, 2009

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Homopobia is Gay

i found this while randoming in ABCailin’s diary. it really resonated with me, so i thought i would repost it.

Homophobia Is Gay.

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 one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

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 man who died when the paramedics 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 did not 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 who is afraid of telling his loving Christian parents he loves another male.

– noah

injackwetrust

March 18, 2009

Hey, um, when I read that, it was on MySpace and my best friend, who is a lesbian posted it. And once I read it, I began to cry. Because I’m too scared to tell my parents I’m bi/lesbian even though I’ve tried to tell them many times. Oh, and I’ve added you to my friends so you can read the rest of my entries if you want to. xx

ladyshadows52

I have read this before and it still tears me up.

elusive star

this is a good thing to share, damn sad

_Chantale;

Some of these are so sad, thankfully Canada is so lenient that we don’t see many of these. We just need to educate parents and people better but at least the government accepts the gay and lesbian community.

Jah's Daughter

I love it. Very powerful…. Thanks for the note. 🙂 I have an appointment for tomorrow at 6pm. My first one… I am nervous…

Nocturnal State

This is incredibly amazing.. I wish everyone in the world could see this. *hugs* Thank you for posting it. I think I might swipe it from you and re-post if you don’t mind.

Life.Liveit,Loveit,Learnfromit

that’s beautiful. my bro is gay and it brought a tear to my eye

ryn: lol I’m sorry I didn’t wait for your ok… I have zero patience sometimes!!

miss optimistic

March 19, 2009

<3 I’ll have to share this with my best friend. She’ll love it!

LotusButterfly

🙁 This is so hard… 🙁 If only the rest of the world could just see it this way…

Irish Gardenia

TwistedNerve

It is sad. Wish the world could get along and be at peace.

juliet's question

🙁

Jodie

This is really well written..I am going to tell Willy and Wilma about this and maybe they will post it in their magazine….they are on OD also…

Willy & Wilma

You have Wilma’s address,Jay. will leave that up to you…Willy,of

MrsJWine

RYN: It must have changed since then. Now it’s like breast milk is this magical elixir blessed by unicorns and filled with fairy dust. I bet someone will even claim it cures cancer one of these days. I’m all about breast feeding, but I’m also realistic; it’s really hard at first, and there are other reasons not to do it. I have more than a few friends who have been castigated for using formula. So that article made me happy for them.

~*KelticPrincess*~

RYN: Thanks for the hugs..I love this article btw, if it’s ok I also wanted to repost it.

RYN: Augh! Yes! Ew! (“ew” in the sense that the mere thought makes me want to vomit, but if I knew someone else did it, I wouldn’t think less of them, if that makes sense) To be fair, there are some benefits (to the mother) to eating it, but, um, no. Just no.

A Song Of Hope

March 20, 2009

The world can be a sad and scary place. : Thanks for posting.

Tea and Sympathy

People can be so ignorant…I’d like to elaborate more, but it would take too long…and It’ll just make me angry…but I wish people could be more accepting…I’m not saying they have to change their beliefs, but just love people for who they are, and put personal beliefs aside…after all, we do live in a country where we supposedly have the freedom of choice…Anyway…this is a topic I could go on all night about. Thanks for posting this though. 🙂 Take care. *wave* ~Randi

The Original Sin

March 22, 2009

Thankfully I’ve always found myself surrounded by very understanding people and have never met anyone who would allow these things above happen. It makes me very sad these things happen. xxxx

Zedlavharas.

March 23, 2009

Re: Thank you! Every once in a while I have a good idea. lol

anit

RYN: I meant to wear green for St. Patty’s! Our uniforms are black, though, and I meant to do a green ponytail holder or something. Oh well. 🙂

Petalwing

March 24, 2009

thanks for posting this one again. rings true every time i see it.

black.lace

March 25, 2009

I have high hopes for the direction the world will move in as our generation gets older and others die out…I hope that by the time I am old gay rights will be considered civil rights and our children will be horrified that didn’t have them at one point! *

Narrator

March 26, 2009

As if the world wasn’t hard enough already… thanks for posting.

impaired.reality

March 27, 2009

Thanks for sharing that!

Wow! I came across this and I had to read then reread it again. It’s that good. I can relate completely. Thank you for sharing this.