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I Support Gay Rights

I want to be as respectful as I can, but I simply cannot anymore.

Dear people, who think straight pride month is a good idea. I’m not bashing your opinion, I’m now just going to explain my point of view.

Please read:

It is illegal to be gay in 73 countries.

It is illegal to be gay in 73 countries.

That is 37% of the world.

It is illegal to be ME, in 37% of the world.

And out of those 73 countries, in 11 of those countries, my life would be taken away from me, I would be killed, for simply being me.

In 5% of the world, I would be killed for being me. It might not seem like a lot, but it is.

This wouldn’t happen in any country for heterosexuals.

We have pride month to celebrate that just recently we got the rights that we deserve as basic human beings.
For the past centuries, we have been disowned, discriminated against, oppressed, beaten, and killed for being who we are. And in 2016 we finally got the right to marry.

We are proud for coming this far.

We deserve to be proud.

Now, I am not ever saying that white people or heterosexuals don’t struggle, because everyone struggles in their life. But I am simply pointing out that they have never struggled for being white or straight. And the point of pride month, or black history month it celebrate us, the minority.

You guys have never been the minority, and most likely never will be.

Stop trying to turn everything into something for you guys.
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MkKoolKid · F
@Ember5 I'm still not accepted for being pansexual. Any advice for me to deal with the jerks in my high school? I really don't wanna graduate without any friends.
Ember5 · 22-25, F
@MkKoolKid In order to deal with jerks you can either have a "fight or flight" response... I tend to go with "fight" and lots of guys were scared of me 😂. Anyways, so I would recommend ignoring them. The thing is they just want your attention, if they get it... it's almost like you're their puppet and they try to keep you down. One thing you could try with making friends would be to go to some theatre or art class. (I know that was like a "stereotype" thing, but I made a ton of my friends from doing art classes and stuff.) And yo, I'll travel all the way to wherever you are and be your friend 😂 (or body guard) lol. But seriously... ignore all the jerks callin you out. Or at least try to and build confidence with positive affirmations. It worked for me, but it was hard at first to get used to. You could try it. I'm not sure if this helped any, but hopefully it does :)
MkKoolKid · F
@Ember5 Thank you.
MkKoolKid · F
@Ember5 I was born in, and live in, a homophobic country.
Ember5 · 22-25, F
@MkKoolKid Oh, well in that case... let's raise some rainbow flags! 😂(only me or if anyone wants to join)
MkKoolKid · F
@Ember5 lol i will