Does it really matter?

Question

For thos who are againts homosexuality......

......Love is not defined by color, creed, or gender.


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

thanks sarah for it!

Answer 1

Yeah. I love this. It floats around mspace a lot too =]

Answer 2

All the people portrayed in this story had "Life Lessons" to learn in this life from the way they were treated. The ones that mistreated them have other types of "Life Lessons" to learn from these individuals.

The basic lesson each and everyone needed to learn was to accept another person as a child of God and love them unconditionally. The major lesson is to not judge another, this job belongs to God and Him alone.

Answer 3

Very well done. But seriously...the Home Ec. Teacher not teaching P.E b/c "its for Lesbians"? Come on now...

Answer 4

My question is, where do you live?

My goodness so much of this is awful.

But some of it is inaccurate in the USA or Canada, where gay men can adopt, and most of those obstacles have been long removed.

This sounds like nosy people getting in other's business rather than doing their job for some examples. In others it sounds like outdated stereotypes, or examples to make us feel bad.

And you know we need to stop making excuses. The boy who didn't finish school needs to get his butt in there again and show them. The girl that got kicked out needs to prove her worth to her mom and then cut the chord herself. The prostitute needs to gain some self respect and get a real job if she's able, people do hire transsexuals, and those that don't she can easily take to court for discrimination based on gender.

But also as for suicides, kids need to get taught somewhere along the line that it's a process, and some people take time, and react poorly off the bat. They need to be informed, so they stop doing this. It has nothing to do with luck, it's knowing you can make it through, and that life gets better.

As for people who die prematurely, we need to see it not just as bad when a gay person dies, but when any person dies. No excuse is good enough, none. Murder is murder, the murderer should be thrown into a cell and left to rot.

As for the rest, I refuse to believe this is all my fellow LGBT people are reduced to, whining little things. This is not the spirit of the LGBT, we are a people of accomplishments, not excuses. We are a people who are not stopped by walls, because we'll tear them down.

We should not feel sorry for ourselves and our hard lives, we should work to make sure future generations lack those hardships. It's what those that came before us did, and it's our time to step up and make a difference.

PS: I guess I should add, if you are all of those very sad things, then I am one of the ones who wishes to fight to prevent such sadness and injustice.

Answer 5

Absolutely beautiful.

Answer 6

It was hard to read with tears running down my face.It touched my heart

Just Deniece

Answer 7

No love is not defined by gender, race or nationality. It's just too bad that more people aren't as wise as you!

Answer 8

wow this is amazing

its sad that a lot of this is true
and for many it will never get better

Answer 9

Hm, mixed feelings about this...not bad though, good job.

Answer 10

Wow....very emotional.