So today is the International Day Against Homophobia. I forgot about this. I'm annoyed about that. Homophobia is something I feel very strongly about. Any discrimination annoys me, but the assumptions people make about gays just make it worse. Like, there's no denying a black person has no choice in being black (keeping MJ out of this), yet gays choose to be gay? Why would someone choose to be discriminated against so thoroughly, bullied and assaulted so badly? All those teens in US last year who commited suicide due to homophobia, why would they have felt that bad about themselves if they chose that lifestyle? If they chose it, they could've chosen the other and problem solvered. Was that what happened? I don't think so.
I have a number of rather conservative Christian friends and have had many an agruement with them about gays. The most recent ended in me yelling "If you don't like the idea of gays, don't have sex with other boys!" It's ridiculous, most of their reasoning is just "But it's eww." Most of their legit reasoning is flawed anyway (about child bearing, raising) and I just want to slap them of their ignorance. I constantly wonder, what would happen if someone they were close to came out?
I am now in an angry anti-homophobia rage and cannot coherently link the thoughts in my head, I just wanted to acknowledge the day and show my support for the day.
Toongen, xo.
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