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Somebody told me this today and i thought I would share.
People are angels with one wing, to fly we have to join with another person.
I know its late, but I had to update so nobody would think I didn't care about my journal.
I also read this today.
This was written by a 15 yo kid in California.
"As a ninth grade student in my high school, I was assigned to write an essay that might persuade people to take an action. Here is an edited version of what i wrote."
"FAG" "Lesbo", "That's gay." "All I hear are those hateful words. Those words make homophobia. But what is homophobia? I've thought about that question ever since I became a member of the gay-straight alliance at my middle school. Homo is the Latin root for the word same, and phobia is the fear of something. So it means haveing the fear of the same. But it's not just having the fear of the same sex, it's saying homophobic slurs, or harassing a person because that person is gay. You get the picture?
Homophobia is bad. It makes you feel scared. You can't go out of your house without remembering that you could be harassed for telling someone about your sexual orientation. Homophobia is horrible. Some people don't even know how discriminatory they are. A few weeks ago I heard a college kid say,"That's gay." The a 12 year old kid copied the guy by saying the same thing. The kid looked up to the college guy. That's how homophobia grows.
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's just like being straight.Gay people don't hurt anybody. When i think about how annoying it is to hear these cruel slurs and how homophobia is becoming bigger, I want to prevent it. I want to prevent homophobic harassment. I bet that one day, if someone is homophobic, she or he will be an outcast. Homophobia will disappear once people start realizing that the words "fag" "lesbo" and "that's gay" are completely ridiculous."
Homophobia is hurtful to us all, we all need to tell people who tell gay jokes that it's not a right thing to do. We all need to stop our own phobia of straight people.
Perhaps someday it will be much easier to walk down the street holding hands with your boyfriend and not be looked like we are some perv. The fight will not be easy but we all need to fight to stop all hate to all people all over the world.
Thanks for reading
Till next time
Marty
People are angels with one wing, to fly we have to join with another person.
I know its late, but I had to update so nobody would think I didn't care about my journal.
I also read this today.
This was written by a 15 yo kid in California.
"As a ninth grade student in my high school, I was assigned to write an essay that might persuade people to take an action. Here is an edited version of what i wrote."
"FAG" "Lesbo", "That's gay." "All I hear are those hateful words. Those words make homophobia. But what is homophobia? I've thought about that question ever since I became a member of the gay-straight alliance at my middle school. Homo is the Latin root for the word same, and phobia is the fear of something. So it means haveing the fear of the same. But it's not just having the fear of the same sex, it's saying homophobic slurs, or harassing a person because that person is gay. You get the picture?
Homophobia is bad. It makes you feel scared. You can't go out of your house without remembering that you could be harassed for telling someone about your sexual orientation. Homophobia is horrible. Some people don't even know how discriminatory they are. A few weeks ago I heard a college kid say,"That's gay." The a 12 year old kid copied the guy by saying the same thing. The kid looked up to the college guy. That's how homophobia grows.
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's just like being straight.Gay people don't hurt anybody. When i think about how annoying it is to hear these cruel slurs and how homophobia is becoming bigger, I want to prevent it. I want to prevent homophobic harassment. I bet that one day, if someone is homophobic, she or he will be an outcast. Homophobia will disappear once people start realizing that the words "fag" "lesbo" and "that's gay" are completely ridiculous."
Homophobia is hurtful to us all, we all need to tell people who tell gay jokes that it's not a right thing to do. We all need to stop our own phobia of straight people.
Perhaps someday it will be much easier to walk down the street holding hands with your boyfriend and not be looked like we are some perv. The fight will not be easy but we all need to fight to stop all hate to all people all over the world.
Thanks for reading
Till next time
Marty