I knew to this site and I would like my first blog to be about this email i recieved containing an article about a 15-year-old boy ,Lawrence King, was shot in class in a school in L.A. On the week of Valentines Day he was let off life support. He was shot by a classmate and the reason was because the victim was gay and not afraid to be open about it. He dressed very feminine and it freaked out the other boys. When I found out about this, I was completely outragged. Lawrence was only 15 and had his whole life to live but it was ended because of hate. As for the 14-year-old boy who shot King, he'll most likely be tried as an adult while facing 1st-degree murder. Its scary thinking about this because King is close to my age and it's still hard to grasp that even this young someone can die because of so much hate. I was starting to think that in my generation of teens that we were getting used to the whole gay thing but I guess i was wrong. it makes me wonder that if this can happen in L.A., this could easily happen to my gay friends or my two gay cousins and that scares the crap out of me. Makes me think that someone could come and shoot me just because I'm bisexual. It's just hard to belive whats becoming of today. We are the next-generation of adults that will inhabbit this enviroment, and personally I think we are all screwed.
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I'm lesbian (well... I think I am, I might be bi, I'm mostly lesbian so I just call myself lesbian so guys don't misunderstand my turning them down), and whoa... if people in the town where I grew up knew... my life would be hell. I seriously doubt I'd face any violence, but my life would be shitty. I come from a really religious (Jewish, modern Orthodox) town in Israel... the sort of place where girls are required to wear long skirts in school, where I'm one of the town oddities (people ask my mom for advice if their child is "troublesome") because I smoke and I have a lip piercing.
My family's mostly okay with my being lesbian, but most of the town would think I was a total freak. There's like... one lesbian in town who's out, and also is active in the community, and EVERYONE knows she's lesbian and talks about it all the time. If people are giving directions to somewhere near her house, they'll be like... "You pass the lesbians house and then you turn right..." It's even worse for men, though. In some other areas, if a guy came out he'd be exiled from his family.
It's so sad that people are so hateful towards people who are a bit different. Big deal, I like girls instead of guys. I'm surprised that straight guys could possibly think I was "sick" or anything like that - can't they see the appeal of being attracted to women? It's such a small part of my life, too. Being a lesbian doesn't mean I'm a "raging man-hating dyke". I don't "look" lesbian. In my relationships we're equal, there isn't a "man" and a "woman". Most people don't guess I'm a lesbian unless it comes up... and then it's just a "Oh by the way" thing. I live on campus, in a shared apartment, and by coincidence one of my three roommates is a lesbian, and the other is a gay man. I don't give a shit. I really don't see why people care so much, to the point where they'd use violence against some kid who just happens to like boys.
He's a KID, too. When I was 15 I was 100% lesbian, now that I'm 18 I've had a serious relationship with a man and am not so sure, though I still prefer girls. When I was younger I had a "boyfriend" who I did have a crush on. Sexuality is such a fluid, changing thing. So at 15 he's gay. So what? Maybe next year he'll decide he likes girls after all. Maybe when he's 25 he'll settle down with a woman. Maybe he'll settle down with a man and end up having ten kids. How does it make any sense to so brutally end his life at 15 due to possibly temporary feelings he can't even control?
UGH!
This was a long comment, lol.