stolen from RONI

[cpurtotuedr]

I am...
I am the guy who came out to the entire school in his
senior speech and got a standing ovation for his courage.

I am the girl
who kisses her girlfriend on the sidewalk and laughs at those who
glare.

We are the couple who planned and studied and got a damn good
lawyer and BEAT the state that wanted to take our child away.

We are the
ones who took martial arts classes and carry pepper spray and are just too
dangerous to gay bash.

I am the transgender person who uses the bathroom
that suits me, and demands that any complaining staff explain their complaint to
my face in front of the entire restaurant -- and shares with my other trans
friends which restaurants don't raise a stink.

I am the mother who told
her lesbian daughter to invite her girlfriend over for dinner.

I am the
father who punished his son for calling you a fag.

I am the preacher who
told my congregation that love, not hate, is the definition of a true follower
of God.

I am the girl who did not learn the meaning of "homosexual" until
high school but never thought to question why two men might be kissing.

I
am the woman who argues (quite loudly and vehemently) with the bigots who insist
that you do not have the right to marry or raise children.

We are the
high school class who agrees, unanimously, along with our teacher, that love
should be all that matters.

If you agree, repost this. Do it. You
don't have to be afraid. You can handle it. You're stronger than you
think.

I am making a difference. Hate will not win.