LGBT is an American issue

[William769]

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 I’d never been called a fag or a faggot. I wish I hadn’t been kicked out of a private Christian high school when I came out at 15. I wish I hadn’t spent years trying to repress my desires and date a woman in an attempt to become straight.

I wish I’d had access to a relevant sexual education and health care in my hometown of Palmdale. I wish hadn’t 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 hadn’t gone through depression and self-loathing. I wish I didn’t get anxiety when I walk into a church. I wish who I am didn’t matter to my father, who is a Lutheran pastor. I wish I didn’t have to worry about who I could love or if I’ll 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/

[Ohio Joe]

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]

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]

2. K&R

[DevonRex]

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]

5. Very well put.

[DevonRex]

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]

7. Yes it is

K&R!