Just Got Back From Koge's blog....

I just commented on one of Koge's entries and decided to share it with you.

I truly hate when people say that we can or should be fixed. I'm not a machine, nor do I want to be changed. I have been through so much as a result of being gay; I feel being gay has shaped my beliefs. Who knows, if I were straight, would I be a racist just like most people I live around (I truly hope and think that I wouldn’t)? I think that being gay has made me realize that no matter what the difference in people we are all the same. We have the same desires, needs, and capabilities. I never hated anyone that I just meet, no matter what skin color, or how gay they acted (well in my case how straight they acted). I have to thank myself for being gay, if I wasn't I wouldn't know what it feels like to be oppressed and discriminated against just because of a minor difference; and I still haven't been directly discriminated against (except by laws, but I was talking about individuals), god only knows, when that time comes, how that will shape my beliefs even further.

I just wish everyone could see the human side of us, not just our sexuality. That’s one of the major reasons I want to come out, because it’s harder to discriminate against those you known for years, maybe I can change the attitude here (I doubt it, but If I can change one mine, that would be worth it).

I want everyone that is involved in the gay marriage ban to live with a gay couple for however long. Then they might see that we don’t need fixed; that we eat, sleep, and love the same as they do; and sex is just a small part of our lives. If that fails…. Homocil.

I Felt angry when I was starting to write it, but that anger turned to pity; that they do not know the destruction they are causing. We will never know the greatness that these homophobes have destroyed. Many gay men and women commit suicide because of unaccepttance of their sexuality. i know, i felt like ending it a couple times in the past(I’ve even been committed once for observation), but by luck I was too big of a puss to do it. Not that I’m saying that I will do anything great with my life, but what if the next great mind of our time had killed himself? What wonderful thing could he have achieved? I known a guy that was in my computer programming class with me, i though that he might have been gay, and everyone picked on him; One day he didn't show up, he had killed himself. Another guy I know from the same class, was also picked on, he ended up hitting the Bottle and dropped out of school. These were bright people, destroyed by others that were blind to the damage they were causing.

Beginnings are often scary, endings are often sad, but it's the middle that counts. You should remember that when you find yourself at the beginning.
~ Steven Rogers