Friday, February 20, 2009

Sometimes it is just too much

Reading the news, I think, is a terrible way to begin a morning. My mood though is rarely tainted by the news, I'm getting used to the state of affairs we as a nation and a world are in. However, there are other things that I read about this morning that made me sick. And you know, this I will never get used to I think, and mostly because it is of course so very personal for me.

First had to do with this ex-gay crap. If you didn't know (which I doubt), there has been for quite a long time a movement to cure gays of their problems. By what I would consider torture, the "gay" is emotionally beaten down in someone until they fully deny it and step out saying that he/she is an ex-gay (note: not straight). There luckily is an organization Truth Wins Out that is working to rid the nation of this myth. Usually, these poor "ex-gays" will live a miserable life, lying to everyone including themselves, often marry and have kids, later only to destroy everyone's lives around them when they finally admit to themselves who they really are. I read this at TWO this morning. I have to say that I was a very lucky person when I came out, with regards to my parents. Whenever I read about these parents who not only disown their kids for being gay, it saddens me. But that honestly is better than the alternative of a parent who both disowns you and actively hates you for what you are. I know the official party line is that the parent loves his/her child and that is why they must practice this "tough love," but come on. It is hate pure and simple.

Then I read this: Utah State Senator says gays are greatest threat to US. On a normal day this would just make me laugh because, well, the absurdity of things like this really shows the faltering movement of hateful people. But this morning for some reason it really bothered me. I think it's because I'm a little emotional lately anyway, but also, well, I think about that poor 14-year old who knows he or she is gay and hears something like this on a regular basis. I know I believed things like this at that age, which is why it took me so long to come out. I think it is high time that people stopped this emotional abuse on our nation's youth.

by Topher at 8:46 AM |