Have you ever found yourself wishing to be someone else because life seems to be going so wrong or because you think that you are just not cool enough? Stop complaining; it could be worse. You could be gay.
Never before has being gay been so accepted – yet so awful. I have never felt that such a small part of me (yes I think that being gay is a small detail…just like the fact that I have brown hair) could be such a huge part of what people say and think about me.
If you ask people around to describe me, one of the top five things that they are going to list is that I am gay. Never mind that there are other words that could describe me other than the word gay (I will pretend for a moment that they are all nice words), yet time after time I hear it; “You know, the gay one.” And yes it infuriates me every time I hear it.
Since when is my sexual orientation (note I did not opt for that horrible word: preference) so important to everyone? I think that the only time it should matter if I am gay or not is when someone is seeking to have a relationship with me or considering romancing me (I am single, by the way).
For heaven’s sake, stop defining people by their sexual orientation; you don’t hear me saying, “Joe Blow, the straight one.”
My other complaint is the use of the word gay to describe something horrible or negative. “That is so gay” is a phrase that will secure you a spot on my ‘I hate you list.’ It hurts my feelings tremendously to hear such ignorant ranting. From now on I think I will use names on my list to describe things that tick me off or just things that I don’t like.
I know that it is just a common word used by everyone, but I don’t see everyone jumping off a cliff just because some people do it – grow up and use another word.
The worst thing that annoys me about being gay is very bizarre. Since when does being gay mean that we are going to hit on anything that walks? I cannot keep count of the number of times that I have heard that someone does not talk to me because of the fact that I am gay, and because they think that I am going to hit on them. (This is mainly the males.) Don’t flatter yourself! The fact that I am gay does not equate to desperation. I am gay – not desperate! I would like to point out that it is always the most unattractive and ignorant fools that think this way.
Last on my list is the word “preference.” God made us the way that we are. Yes, I am saying that God made me gay. I did not wake up one morning raising my hand shouting, “Pick me! Please pick me to be a part of the most hated and discriminated minority on the face of the Earth!”
People, that think that being gay is something we select out of our own free will, have something terribly wrong with them. Gay tendencies have been around since the dawn of humanity and exist naturally throughout the animal kingdom. I don’t care what the Bible says about being gay and how we are somehow the spawn of Satan; besides, the Bible was written by humans. What is to say it was not used to manipulate public thought and behavior. (Why do I think of George W. Bush at this moment?)
Gay people are just like you and everyone else running around this planet. We are just as confused about the meaning of life and where we are going. Please take a moment and have the same respect for us that you would have us show you.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being gay. The problem with being gay is the existence of people that hate people for being who they are. I am not asking for you to go out of your way and be nice to what you dislike if you are one of those [narrow minded beings that dislikes people for being different from them]. Just don’t hate.