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.
I am the girl who is cursed to hell by others because she holds another girl's hand.
I am the girl who watched as a parent dragged their children away from me calling me disgusting and sinful because a girl kissed me on the cheek.
I am the person who never fit in with the girls but was shut out by the guys.
I am the one who gave myself to someone I didn't love in a desperate attempt to prove how I felt could be changed.
I am the one who can't look at my own reflection because the outside doesn't match the inside.

Re-post this if you believe homophobia is wrong. Please do your part to end it.


Homophobia, the fear has become mainstream. When People say phrases like "That's so gay" and "Youu're a fag" they put less thought into what they are actually saying than when they order a double cheeseburger at McDonalds. Atleast at McDonalds they have to think about what they are going to say before hand. People use these phrases effortlessly, as if it just flows from their mouth. Phrases that can damage someones confidence, cause them to hate themselves, sometimes even kill themselves. I DO NOT want to witness another of my friends die, never want to go to another one of their funerals, and have to put flowers on their graves because they got called a faggot one to many times or couldn't handle the physical and emotional abuse any longer. I am tired of the news reports talking about how a 22 year old was brutally murdered because of a hate crime.

Honestly, take a moment to ask yourself why do you do it? Why physically and emotionally torture someone for being themselves. Why is it so wrong to love someone of the same sex so freely. And before you give me an answer like "It's wrong, unnatural, sinful, or disgusting" ask yourself why that is?

Is it wrong to be with the person you love, when that person makes you happy. Love is beautiful, in any shape or form. It is something to be admired and cherished. When two people truly love each other it is a blessing and it shouldn't matter what sex or gender the person is. Everyone always says "It's what's inside that counts". Why does that apply to looks but not love? That should apply to love above all else. The term soulmates describes two people who's souls combine to become complete. It is the soul that counts, not their biological gender. Which is worse, expressing your love for another individual in a relationship so strong that it can not be broken by constant criticism, or verbally, emotionally, and physically abusing someone because they choose to accept the love that they feel for another.

And I am sure others will bring the religious factor into it. "The BIBLE says it's wrong!". I am tired of hearing that reason, especially since I live in the Bible belt. Yes, the Bible say's it is wrong. The Bible also says it is okay to sell your child into slavery, but I don't see many parents doing that. And by the way, the Bible also says to treat others with respect. It is God's job to cast judgement, and no one elses. If it is truley wrong, you are not the one who should decree that they deserve to be punished. He and ONLY He can do that.

So why harm others for being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered? Because people have been told for so long that it is wrong that they never stop to think that mabey it isn't so wrong afterall. Mabey, these people are just trying to live a life that makes them happy and have given up on living a life that brings everyone BUT them happiness. Homophobia - defined as the fear of gay people, or a fear of becoming gay. But it has become so much more than that, the fear has developed into hate, plain and simple. Everyone wants to be happy in life, and everyone deserves the oppertunity to achieve happiness. Nobody should be afraid to express their love out of fear of being isolated, descriminated against, or attacked. So Next time you consider saying "That's so gay" or "You're a faggot". Think about what you are really saying and the consequinces it might have on others.