Friends

My "former" friends IM and IE were on the bus yesterday. I heard them burst out laughing along with a sixth grader I call Ninja Kid. I said, "What are you guys laughing about?" and IM replied, "None of your business, just kidding, we're teasing ST about being gay." I exploded at her saying that what she was doing wasn't funny. (ST's girlfriend had been sitting next to me too.) Then she retaliated with, "It's funny if it's in the right context!" I completely blew a fuse at this and told her I don't think that that's funny at all. She continued to say that all gays are feminine and today, I left her and her sister as friends (for this and other things). I am sick of having to deal with them. Well at least that's over.

Families are supposed to support each other, right? Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Sometimes when a person is gay, their family isn't supportive of their sexuality. It really stinks when you are being delt with like trash everywhere, including home. No one should have to go through that. My parents, for instance, weren't accepted. One of my moms still hasn't talked to most of her family since she went to college. The other didn't talk to her parents for years because they were ashamed. It is also hard to be who you are when your family has expressed their feelings about people who are homosexual long before you realize that you are homosexual, bisexual, or transgendered. Then, people have told you ideas that condemn who you are. If your parents are supposed to love you forever, does that promise become completely void if you reveal your sexual preference? People tell us that everyone is different, but yet some people who are apparently too different get shoved out of the way of the "normal". Normal is a dumb word and shouldn't be used to describe people because there is no "normal". When people think there is a "normal" or "average" then others fall into the catagory of "stupid" or "dumb" or "lesbo" or "fag" when being gay doesn't do any harm. People will try to make you believe that being gay will have an influence on your children or you. But, you cannot teach people to be gay. It doesn't work that way! Everyone figures it out for themselves. So long and short, being supported by someone especially family is important to everyone, so you should be the one to be there for them.

Here's a great place to look if you're confused about terms about GLBT: http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/terms-you-should-know-about-gay-rights This website is great for information about lots of things. P.S. Queer should not be used as name for someone that is gay, lesbian, or bisexual as it is now considered offensive by many (unless you're in Britain as I believe that is acceptable there).

Introduction to me

I'm H and I live in a large Southern Minnesota city and was born in 1996. My parents are lesbian and for years I have been harassed because of it. Kids at school are so small town that they believe that I am lesbian because of my parents even though everyone knows I have dated a boy. I endure it most every day and hate it. My family actually looked at two different schools because of it. I won't be going to either of them, unfortunately, because they didn't accept my whole family. Some of my friends are looking around, too. I stand up for what I believe in and gay rights are certainly up there, another reason for my supposed sexual preference. I believe everyone is equal and not everyone agrees with me. Also it is up to the person, not the family that determines their sexuality. I may be bisexual (I have contemplated whether I am or not, and have not quite made up my mind) but not lesbian. Fortunately I have friends that support me and other students that have the same problem as I. Unfortunately I have a completely uninterested and incompetent new principal. We had a great one last year but now the superintendent replaced her when she moved schools. Our new one (Dr. CN) doesn't do anything and is more worried about a law suit than her students' safety. All in all, my life sucks from this point but it's not all bad, at least I have something to write about for my English portfolio!