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Heero sat there practically pulling the skin off his hands from wringing them so hard. Trowa quickly grabbed on, bringing it back to his lap for fear that Heero might continue wringing them even with his hand there. Trowa leaned in, whispering in Heero's ear, "Are you sure this is what you want to do right now, Heero?" He only nodded back a reply.

He leaned onto the table, bring Trowa's hand with him. He put his elbows down, hunching over to get closer to the microphone. "I'm not used to having anyone know anything about my life other than myself. When the beating happened, I was hoping to be able to quietly slink back to my boyfriend's residence and try to forget about how many pigheaded people there were in this town."

"Instead, Mr. and Mrs. Yuy, previously known as my parents, decided to turn this into a media frenzy. Not only would they like a media frenzy, but they would also enjoy to be compensated in the courts. As my first step to clearing all of this up, I'd like to say that all they want to be compensated for is having a gay son. Though in the lime light they seem like devoted and loving parents, it's a lie."

"Not only are both of them extreme homophobes, but they're both the worst parents I have ever encountered. My father would beat me constantly in my mother's presence, and all she would do is laugh at me for being so stupid. When I came out as gay to my family, the beatings increased, especially when I came home with boyfriends. Trowa could see that my home was not a loving environment and allowed me to stay with him."

"When I left, my mother was screaming only one word at me, 'Bouji.' For those of you who aren't acquainted with Japanese, it means a dead child. She, in not so many words, was saying I was dead to her. I doubt that my father didn't share her view." Heero stopped, taking a drink from the cup of water that was at the base of the microphone. He suppressed any urge he had to run away.

"Against what my parents would like you to believe, all that this is about is some people who just don't understand homosexual life. I doubt they understand any kind of sexuality other than what their dick tells them. I ask you now to look at your significant other for a moment and try to decide why exactly you're with them." Heero turned looking at Trowa and smiling.

"I personally know exactly why I'm with Trowa. It's because of his like of being different. His compassion, his creativity, and his openness to trying new things," Heero laughed slightly to himself. "If you're not getting where I'm going with this, I'm going to clear it up right now. If Trowa had been born as a female, I feel that I would love him, or should I say her, exactly the same as I love the Trowa that I have as a male now. The only difference in that would be that I would be a heterosexual and I wouldn't be talking to you right now about this."

"The point is that humans, or humans that actually think with something other than their sexual organs, are attracted to people by who they are, what they're like. Screw whether it's a boy or a girl, it just matters how they make you feel and what they do to you. I've had heterosexual relationships and none of them have made me feel so fulfilled as I do with Trowa. So, screw all of those bastards out there who can't understand that and insist on beating homosexuals."

"And no, I'm not a gay pride representative, I'd like to say I'm a human rights activist, because these are my human rights. I have the right as a human being the live happily with the one I love, whether it be male or female."

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((IMPORTANT author's notes at the bottom after my random stupidity))

Tori: ::stabs herself in the head for turning it into a speaking out piece::

Duo: Hey! Heero's pretty cool in that story. Yeah! Go, Hee-chan, go, Hee-chan, go, go, go, Hee-chan. ::does ridiculous little cheer-like dance that only Duo could pull off::

Heero: ::sweatdrops::

Trowa: You're all talk, Yuy ::out of character grin::

Heero: In the story I'm not.

Zechs: ::hands Tori aspirin::

Tori: ::pop aspirin:: Yup! You see, if I was more of a hentai person ::snickers:: correction, if I could write hentai, then you'd have a full blown sex scene in the next part of the story!

Heero: ::blush::

Trowa: ::blush::

Duo: O_O;

Tori: ::still has knife sticking out of her head:: Yes, so here's my author's notes:

Personally I was not going to continue the story after the whole fight thing, but after all that fan mail ((going along the line of "I shall kill you if you do not continue!!!" thank you, Suzy)) I decided that I'd give it a shot. The whole gay pride segment, or as I made it, a human right segment, was all thanks to my mom, and her telling me about an actual true story.

Yes, this is partially based on a true story! ::gasps from the peanut gallery:: ::grabs one of the peanuts and eats it::

Peanut: No!!! NooooooOO!!! HELP MEEEEEEEEE!

Tori: ::chews:: ::swallows:: Anyway...

So my mom told me of one of her students at the high school that she works at over dinner one night. The same thing happened to him that happened to Heero. He was beaten on school grounds and then had to go through recovering himself. The speech is not his, and he did not give a speech like that, that was my own little brain working!

The sad part is that yes, his father did beat him, and the more upsetting thing was that after the boy's school beating, his father did falsely stick up for him and pretend to be his strongest buddy. That was completely untrue and as far as I know, his father still beats him. The saddest part of all was that the boy who was victimized simply because he was gay received a longer suspension for the fight than the boys who beat him.

So there's a moral to this story ((yes, I said a moral. Who knew I could actually teach things with the stuff I wrote...)). The main point is it's okay to be homosexual and that you people out there have to start understanding. It's hard enough to live a different lifestyle than the norm, please don't make it any harder by persecuting them.

And in closing, if you want me to write more, tell me, and maybe I will, but for goodness sakes I have other stories!!! And please read those other stories too ^_^ hehehe