Be True

Let me level with you for a moment.  There are things often left unsaid, left to figure out without much context.  There are people out there that don't know that they are not alone in this world.  Though I haven't always been one to say much about it, it is my responsibility to speak my mind.

          It is never easy being a part of a community where you are left feeling as though you don't belong.  There is nothing more disheartening, than being made to feel like an outcast.  Like many people out there, I have gone through this, sometimes daily.  You aren't alone in that feeling, I assure you.

          I suppose in the context of our society we have learned that it is okay to treat people that are different as if they are second rate.  We have learned that it is acceptable to push others to the point of no return.  There are too many excuses in regard to this, no accountability to speak of, and yet it continues.  Bullying has become the new norm.  Shaming others that don't fit the mold, bodying shaming, ageism, sexism, top elitism, bottom shaming.  It goes on an on, and it isn't want the LGBTQI community should stand for, it was never like this.  This is not what we have fought for.  What happened to the sense of Equality that we all want, but seldom is embraced by our community? When did we become exclusive?  When did membership become a requirement, when did being a porn star become the norm for us?

We need to be true to who we truly are.  We should be breaking the mold and being what we are in our hearts.  Stop shaming and shunning those of us that don't fit the ideal.  Grow up and be proud.