Homophobia02:39 Sep 23 2010
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One word.
A hundred different terms.
"That's Gay" "You're such a dyke" Queer. Lezbo. Lez. Freak. "That bi chick"
A million different feelings.
Hurt. Confused. Sad. Mad. Stressed. Frusturated. Different. Weird. Angst. Nervous. Alone. Depressed. Jumpy. Skittish. Guarded. Broken. Lied to. Judged. Wrong. Slutty. Stupid. Hiding. Poor. Outcast. Weak. Ashamed.
You hear the terms every day. You may have bullied someone for it.
You may have judged them.
But are they really that different? Why should they be mistreated for who they love? if their significant other had different parts, you would say nothing. Why should they be judged for something that is on the outside when they only care about what is on the inside? Why are they suspected to be the only ones that are different?
I know. You have no answer. None that can sustain, anyways.
Being gay doesn't mean you like to "do it" with other guys. It means you love or have feelings for someone that is just a little more similar to you. Being lesbian doesn't mean that you have to be butch. It means that you have a more gentle nature towards that hottie over there. Being bisexual doesn't mean that you just don't want to pick between guys and girls on who can do sex better. It means you don't judge others because of what they look like.
Would you ever tease someone who goes by one of these titles? Would you push them aside in the hallway? Or kick them until they were on the ground? Once they were there, would you even stop? Would you go to a gay bar, just to find a couple to beat with weapons like baseball bats, iron bars, broken glass, barbed wire, or even a gun? And what if they died there, on the street? Would you even care?
Or would you and your buds spit on their faces, then drive away?
It's happened.
And all because they had found love in the "wrong" person.
In the locker room, would you Ask your coach to tell another girl she couldn't change in there because you think she was checking you out? Or think she's stupid, queer, or just plain freakish? Would you start a rumor that she is jealous of your boyfriend, because you saw her holding hands with another girl?
They are denied the right to marry.
They have to go through every day, being told that these feelings that they have are just plain wrong. They are told that it is a sin. I thought God loved everyone?
Well, I have news for you.
We were born this way. We can't change our feelings for someone else, nor do we want to. You can hurt our self-esteem. You can hurt our bodies. But you can do nothing to our pride. It is love, not a disease you can catch. It can not be "solved" because it is not a problem. It is not a choice. We didn't ask to be different, but we are nonetheless. And we are proud of who we are.
So why is it such a big deal to be different? When no one is really normal in the first place. Why pass laws that it is not allowed? Why deny someone from a job, an army position, or even kick them out of a public place?
And all because of who we love.
Last time I checked, you can't choose that.
It is our business. So stop trying to control our lives.
I am bisexual, and I am proud of that.
COMMENTS
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colemack13
01:54 Sep 30 2010
awesome poem...good job
TyrantsPein
02:28 Sep 30 2010
An ok poem. Pretty straight foreward poem. But it feels overdone. Like I've seen it many times before, even though I've read it once. The Emo poem is so cliche, so to make one that catches my attention thoroughly it needs to be more than good. It needs to be extrodinary, and wrought with imagry and a tremendous flow to it. However, not all poems outside the emo genre are frilly love dovey poems. Take no offense, for I mean none. I simply wish to be helpful.
vampchica4
23:18 Sep 30 2010
I'm sad right now, so my poems may seem "emo" to you. but in reality, I have my own style and none of my writing should be classified into a genre, for I have none myself.
I write for me, not an audience.
I do appreciate the comments, though. And the criticism...