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amorousAn issue that isn’t really an issue when it comes to my frame-of-mind.
Nowadays it’s MORE but not completely socially acceptable to be homosexual and it’s mostly the female gender that is more accepting and open-mined about sexuality. I admit that in my case, I wouldn’t be so supporting of homosexuality if it weren’t for some of my friends that I’d known since year 3. I’ve had a very tight and close bond with my friends so when one then two then three came out telling me that they were gay, who the hell was I to say “ have you tried not being one or can you please change back or we’re not friends anymore”? My parents did not raise me to know what was right or wrong, they never taught me about equality because they knew I had to figure it out for myself and I did. My parents did this because they knew it best to let me figure out about equality and that if they thought me then it would be like they made the decision to make me accept people for who they are rather than we figuring it out and wanting to decide and accept people myself.
A person’s sexual preferences is not merely chosen or changed overnight, you’re born with it. Other opposing groups say it is a chose but those that say it aren’t homosexual so what proof do they have to deny that people are born with the mentality of being attracted to the same sex. Gay, straight, black, white, clever or simple- it all comes down to who a person is as a person no matter which sex he/she sleeps with, what colour their skin is and so on. To the people I know that are openly out, I support them. I do it because I don’t see them as any different from you and me, being attracted to someone is a common thing and exceeds limits of colour and any other issues that are brought up in defence of discrimination. All people that are seen differently, were at first insecure about being gay but when they told people that weren’t prejudice and accepted them, they quickly realised that they had no reason at all to be hiding and pretending to be someone they weren’t because what would be the point of walking around in someone else’s skin that your uncomfortable in.
What I can’t stand are people who say they love ‘gays’ because when they say it constantly and generalise them, they make it out to be like it’s the new “in” thing to have a gay friend like a brand new ‘trendy’ accessory. I use to be guilty of this and I didn’t even know until Bavani told me but then I thought about it. I only bring it up when someone mentions the topic of homosexuality and to stay quiet and not state my view while they either batter or ignore the same rights all of us share of being able to be ‘different’ would be like joining them in discriminating diverse people, discriminating my friends.
This is just to state my point of view about this topic. Because right now, someone could be hiding themselves and stewing in their own private hell of secrecy and inner turmoil because they’re too afraid to come out and accept that they’re gay. And who is to blame? This society- not everyone but those people, heterosexual people that make homosexuals feel alienated. Grow up people! We’re not in 1st grade anymore where boy and girl germs still exist and it’s NOT the 1920s either… Through the years, civilisation, countries, society, people have changed with the times so stop holding yourself and others back and accept a person for who they really are and not what they are.