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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLGBT is an American issue
This is very well written, and I hope all that click on this OP, read the article in it's entirety.I wish I could live in a world where no one cares about my sexual orientation.
There are a lot of things in life I would have gladly avoided without having to cope with the social stressors of homophobia and hate.
I wish Id never been called a fag or a faggot. I wish I hadnt been kicked out of a private Christian high school when I came out at 15. I wish I hadnt spent years trying to repress my desires and date a woman in an attempt to become straight.
I wish Id had access to a relevant sexual education and health care in my hometown of Palmdale. I wish hadnt suffered the backlash from repression and engaged in risky sexual behavior when I came to college and came out for the second time.
I wish I hadnt gone through depression and self-loathing. I wish I didnt get anxiety when I walk into a church. I wish who I am didnt matter to my father, who is a Lutheran pastor. I wish I didnt have to worry about who I could love or if Ill be able to walk down the aisle with the support of my family, friends, church and community.
http://sundial.csun.edu/2012/09/lgbt-is-an-american-issue/
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LGBT is an American issue (Original Post)
William769
Sep 2012
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I missed that back then, thanks for posting a link so it could be read again.
William769
Sep 2012
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Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)1. Good stuff
Reminds me a little of something I posted a few years ago:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7937414
William769
(55,147 posts)4. I missed that back then, thanks for posting a link so it could be read again.
You have always been one of the good guys in my book Hoe.
Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)2. K&R
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)3. Excellent piece. It's not just the numbers of LGBTQI
people. It's also the number of people who love, like and support you. We are legion.
And we are the Democratic Party and others who have joined us this year to make it known. I hope the march won't be too much longer and that it won't be as slow and as painful as it has been in the past. We are together now,'publicly. Loudly and proudly. I hope we can shoulder some of the burden and take some of the pain.
William769
(55,147 posts)5. Very well put.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)6. Not really. He still has me sniffling
and tearing up. I could relate to feeling like he does about walking into church. I triggered on that for years. Decades.
Omaha Steve
(99,652 posts)7. Yes it is
K&R!