Proud to Be Gay and don't you forget it.

 

 

 

“Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two.
What is obtained by love is retained for all time.
What is obtained by hatred proves a burden in reality for it increases hatred."

- by Mohandas K. Gandhi -”

 

 

Ya know, I often find myself doing chores during the day that give me time to think and that's often not a good thing.
I see so many people sharing their opinions about the rebel flag and gay rights here on fb and I've realized that most of them have Absolutely NO fucking link to southern heritage in the first place.
At least I was fucking born BELOW the Mason goddamn Dixon Line.
I was raised using the word Nigger and then I grew the fuck up. It's a hateful degrading word and it's use constitutes Hate Language just like the Fucking Confederate Flag. I Lived in Fl, That's about as deep south as I ever want to be although I will give FL credit.... it's not ranked as illiterate as some of its southern neighbors.
I saw first hand the racism. I worked with racist companies. I heard the racist remarks. I heard the racist jokes. I also heard the faggot jokes. They went hand in hand with racism.
All of these privileged, christian white men and women, all screamed heritage every time their little flag was attacked, but I knew otherwise. I had BEEN there.
When I finally did come out, while living in FL, I soon realized the only way you could be "accepted" as a gay man was to be a freak or something they could laugh at and enjoy, because otherwise you would be too normal and, well that just wasn't gonna be tolerated. So, as gay men. we walked to our jobs or home or to a friends house, while looking over our shoulder and lived in fear of always being attacked just for being who we were.
I was at work one night when some good ole boys drove by and put a few rounds thru the front window of the bar. One round went right past my head. Good Ole Boys? I think not. Racist Hateful Bigoted Homophobic Rednecks.... that's more like it.
I left FL because the Racial climate there was sickening.
It was an illness too many were suffering from.  I once heard a quote, that "those with nothing will fight the most for nothing" I totally believe that after living there.
I moved back to MD where I was once again "accepted".
How wonderful, my family "accepted" me. What The Fuck Ever.
I never needed anyones acceptance. Why would someones Acceptance make me feel better about myself? I was no different than they were. Maybe I was better, but by any means I was no less and definitely not in need of their acceptance.
Finally, Flash fwd 2015. We have a Black President!
The Confederate Flag is being Dropped Everywhere and Racism is NOT going to be tolerated any longer. Not even in the disguise of heritage. Marriage laws have finally changed, like they should have always been.
I am your equal, I don't require your acceptance or your tolerance. I won't allow your racist, homophobic bile to sicken my world any longer. Take your antiquated fairy tale beliefs, your bitter prejudiced disposition, and go back to the hole you climbed from.
Oh, and don't forget your flag.

This has been an exceptionally Grand Year for anyone that's LGBT.
Finally the laws are changing so that we, for once in our lives are starting to feel validated.
The years of struggle for equality, for our basic Human Rights to be Honored,
finally are starting to mean something.
The Right to Marry the person we Love and in some cases have been in love with for Decades, has finally come true.
Yes, we are Proud to Be Gay.
We are Proud to be part of an ongoing Story of Human Rights Struggle.
As long we breath, we will fight for fairness.