I am not straight. I haven't been for a long time. I identify as pansexual. First let me answer to some rather rude comments I have heard:
1. I am not attractive to pans.
2. No I am not attracted to everyone.
3. No I am not sexually promiscuous
Pansexual is derived from the greek prefix "Pan", which means all. Again, I am not attracted to everyone. What it means is I am attracted to all genders, be it female, male, transgender, gender fluid, agender, etc. To boil it down, I do not like one gender more than another. I am attracted to people.
But enough about me.
Sexuality and Gender is a hot topic right now. Sure the Supreme Court made gay marriage legal, but that doesn't mean we are out of the woods.
If anything, it has gotten even more difficult to be LGBT.
Kim Davis and other Americans have reacted in the only way they can: laying on the floor like a petulant child, screaming and crying while saying "It's not fair!"
They are like toddlers, upset that they didn't get their way.
Every day on Tumblr and Facebook, I see my fellow LGBT friends being attacked with arguments that make no sense. Even then, they still hurt.
I went on a crusade last year to try and reason with a homophobic Facebook page. All I got was insults, which kept filling up my notifications till I was curled up in a ball, willing back tears. I was never going to let them know they succeeded in hurting me. I was blocked by them, and amazingly did not care.
Even though they thought they had gotten rid of me, I still took a screenshot and revealed their immaturity to the world.
But these small victories only help short-term. The next day, they go back to spewing their hatred and condemning anyone who sees that to be successful is to accept that there are people who are different, and that it is ok.
The neanderthals can keep whining. The intelligent people will shoot them down again and again until there is finally equality.
Who knows when that will be? One year? Two? Three? Twenty? We don't know. But one thing we do know is that we will win someday.
-Freddie
If you are open to it, could you share an argument that you and your LGBT friends have encountered and how you defended you viewpoint? Also, what inspired you to comment on a Facebook page that stood and lived by completely different opinions as you? Did you expect to receive the outburst of hatred? I do have to acknowledge you for your level of courage, though. I'm certainly not that brave myself!
ReplyDeleteYes I am open to it. I will do another post soon about that. And it was one of those well-meaning crusades that are not a good idea to do at all. I hoped to help them see sense, but I should have expected such horrible things to be said to me.
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