- Sat, 20:32: @ActualBenMiller please tell me there is going to be be another series of #deathinparadise. Just watched the final ep in series 2 in Oz.
- Sun, 03:57: Saw the amazing @ChrisWarcraft on #Conan on Oz tv tonight. Funny, sexy, nerdy, articulate, and full of compassion. Bloody awesome.
- Sun, 08:46: RT @db_1974: A White Woman Derails A Post About Racism Since She Thinks “Racism = Insults" http://t.co/z7Sg3FNcQu
Jun. 30th, 2013
Gay Pride = Human Pride
Jun. 30th, 2013 03:34 pmOriginally posted by
fastfwd at Gay Pride = Human Pride
In honour of Gay Pride:
Today, I am gay. Today, I am Lesbian, bi, trans, and anything else that makes consenting adults happy. Today, I am everyone who finally worked up the nerve to come out to friends and family, and lost some of them because of it. Today I am everyone who cannot yet find the words.
Today, I am everyone who didn't ask and didn't tell. Today, I am everyone who did and faced the consequences.
Today, I am everyone who is in the process of transition so that I can live a life true to myself. Today, I am all the people who made the transition and still have to deal with rejection and hostility, sometimes life-threatening--too often life-threatening--on top of all the day-to-day vicissitudes.
Today, I am every kid who felt nervous and alone, who hid from bullies in a library or a church and discovered there were bullies there, too; who needs to know that despite this, it really will get better, really.
Today, I am everyone for whom it did get better but knows it still isn't as good as it could be. Or should be. Today, I am all the older people who survived and found happiness and love in a society that neither understood nor accepted.
Today, I am all the people who finally live in a place where they can marry someone they love. Today, I am all the people still fighting for something other people take for granted.
Today, I am gay. Get used to it.
Today, I am gay. Today, I am Lesbian, bi, trans, and anything else that makes consenting adults happy. Today, I am everyone who finally worked up the nerve to come out to friends and family, and lost some of them because of it. Today I am everyone who cannot yet find the words.
Today, I am everyone who didn't ask and didn't tell. Today, I am everyone who did and faced the consequences.
Today, I am everyone who is in the process of transition so that I can live a life true to myself. Today, I am all the people who made the transition and still have to deal with rejection and hostility, sometimes life-threatening--too often life-threatening--on top of all the day-to-day vicissitudes.
Today, I am every kid who felt nervous and alone, who hid from bullies in a library or a church and discovered there were bullies there, too; who needs to know that despite this, it really will get better, really.
Today, I am everyone for whom it did get better but knows it still isn't as good as it could be. Or should be. Today, I am all the older people who survived and found happiness and love in a society that neither understood nor accepted.
Today, I am all the people who finally live in a place where they can marry someone they love. Today, I am all the people still fighting for something other people take for granted.
Today, I am gay. Get used to it.