HOMOPHOBIA IS STUPID!
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 I'm a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets, because no one 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 27 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 weeks before graduating high school.
It was just too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us because 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 even allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised.
The court says I am 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 trach gym until somebody told me 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 better person if I didn't always have to 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 ashamed to tell my own friends I'm a lesbian, because they constantly make fun of them.
I am the boy tied to the fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die because two straight men wanted to "teach me a lesson".
THAT'S MESSED UP! IF YOU BELIEVE HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG REPOST THIS.
FEAR OF CATHOLICISM IS STUPID!
I am the boy who transferred high schools, to get away from the way other guys talked about girls.
I am the girl kicked out of her home, because I confided in my atheist mother I'm a Catholic.
I am the missionary working the streets, because the government outlawed my religion.
I am the sister who holds her brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights when he finds out God wants him to be a priest instead of have a family.
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 the chaplain in to give me last rights.
I am the foster child who loves getting away from my family to go to youth group at my church.
I am not one of the lucky ones. There was a shooting at my church, and I was a victim.
We are the couple who had the teacher call us when our son defended God in class.
I am the person who never knows if I should pray before meals, because someone might complain.
I am the mother who has to fight every day to teach my children good values, because the world doesn't want them to know.
I am the domestic-violence survivor that the world thinks is crazy because I forgave my abuser.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who will not divorce my abuser because I believe marriage is forever.
I am the father who watched his son get laughed at because he went to mass on Sunday instead of the football game.
I am the English teacher who lost my job because I wanted to teach a unit on the Bible
I am the woman who baptized a dying infant and got sued by the parents
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn't always have to deal with society hating me.
I am the man who keeps attending church, even though the world thinks that, as a gay man, I should give up on it.
I am the person who has love for all but who the world won't listen to.
I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends I'm a Catholic, because they constantly make fun of them.
I am the boy tied to the fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die because two men wanted to "teach me a lesson".
THAT'S MESSED UP! IF YOU BELIEVE PREJUDICE AGAINST CATHOLICISM IS WRONG REPOST THIS.
By now, I've seen the first version of this everywhere and while I agree with some of it, there is one line in there that I take serious issue with; the one about the church. I am Catholic, but I also have friends, in the church, who are homosexual. We still love them like God asks us to. They are our friends and family, and we understand that, many times, they can't change it. It's part of who they are. It's like having brown hair. It doesn't change the fact that we still love them. When they act on that and go against the teachings of the church, that is not okay, but we forgive it, because we love them. We will always love them. If you wish to debate me on this or have questions, feel free to PM me, but don't leave hating reviews. Please. We should be able to respect each other, not throw fieryaccusations and hate.