stop homophobia

For me, it’s fairly obvious that gay people should be able to marry each other and have the same legal rights as straight couples, simply because they’re people and they love.

Besides, not granting them the same rights as heterosexuals may give and sustain the impression that they’re inferior, which, in the twisted minds of bigots and homophobes, serves as a justification for their hatred. If the state isn’t okay with it to the point that they’re treated differently by the law, then it must be right to keep up with the hate right? Legalizing same-sex marriage would lead to more acceptance.

Only a few countries have it legalized, such as the Netherlands, Canada and Sweden. In Brazil it isn’t. Not even civil unions are legal here. No surprise there, Brazil has always been decades away from many Western countries when it comes to civil rights. Although gay sex is, surprisingly, legal here since the 18th century.
In a country where the law is a joke, the majority of people are either illiterate or functionally so and politicians are corrupt to the bone, I don’t expect any changes regarding gay civil rights in, say, half a century.

http://www.godhatesfags.com/

At first I thought it was nothing but an attempt at sarcasm. But then I realized that it isn’t, it’s just an extremely stupid website that uses god as an justification for religious fanatics’ unreasonable hatred. And people still wonder why I’m an atheist.
Somewhere in the website there’s a picture of a woman holding a sign with the words: Thank God for AIDS, and she’s smiling, that’s right, smiling. People like this make me proud to be human.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCxvEXrc1g0&feature=related

I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN BEING TOGETHER IF THEY LOVE EACH OTHER THEN LET IT BE. IT JUST MAKES ME ANGRY TO SEE ON THE NEWS PEOPLE BEING BEAT UP OR EVEN KILLED JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE GAY. WHY CAN’T THEY JUST EXCEPT THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOITHING WRONG WITH BEING GAY AND BE DONE WITH IT. I’M IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HATE AND BULLYING THAT GOES ON HERE IS JUST MAKES ME SICK AND NOTHING IS EVER DONE ABOUT IT I JUST WISH THAT EVERYONE WILL GET ALONG AND COME TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANG AND LEAVE IT AT THAT

http://jointheimpact.com/

Last night I had the most amazing (and unexpected) dream. Literally when I woke up I was soothed just to imagine the dream continuing in my mind. Know how a really scary nightmare can stick in your head all day and sort of bother you? Well this dream was the opposite, and all day thinking about it made me feel very warm and happy inside.

I drempt that I woke up in the middle of the night in my bed. The room was dark. It was quiet. Someone was touching me- it was my room mate. My room mate was on top of me!
He was staring into my eyes with this longing, hungry look, like he was looking into my soul. He wanted me. He was just looking at me- no kissing or sex was in the dream… just that look.

It was so unbelievable the way he was looking at me.

His shirt was off and I remember his muscular arms, propping himself up, his hands were on either side of my shoulders. I was laying on my back, on the mattress, and he was on his hands and knees, hovering over me. He kept gazing at me.
I stayed still, watching him breathe: His chest rising and falling.
The moonlight coming through the curtains made his eyes sparkle, and I could see his wonderful body.

Now remember, this was all just a dream, and when I woke up, it was all over. I do not have any kind of crush on my room mate, and he is straight and has a girlfriend- but I need to admit he has a cute round face, cute eyes, and cute ears that fan out. He’s got big biceps because he lifts weights. He also goes out and parties and smokes a ton of weed. While I am studying or asleep for the night, he is out having fun. In a way I envy him.

I would never ever let him know I had this dream.

Speaking of dreams, this sort of thing truly is a homophobes’ worst nightmare.

Not that I’m saying he’s a homophobe or anything… but if I told him, hypothetically speaking, I think he would be both angry and creeped out. That is a homophobic response, though, to be creeped out and angry…

Nonetheless…
...it was a very enjoyable dream…

I think we all have a duty, even if we don’t participate in it, to stop homophobia.
If we just stand and wait for someone else to do something, we might as well be doing it ourselves.

It’s weird how some people have prejudice towards the clothes you wear. I didn’t know it. Sure I knew that people judge others when they’re wearing inappropriate clothing for the setting, or are all disheveled on social occasions, but I didn’t know that some people have the amazing ability to tell your sexuality by giving you a quick once-over.

The stereotype that lesbians wear manly clothes and gays wear fashionable designers labels is so huge that most labels advertise to the gay community only.
I noticed it when I got out with this Armani jeans an aunt gave me for my birthday, that I had for almost six months but didn’t want to wear them because of how expensive they are, and this big, rectangular no-brand sunglasses. I passed by a group of what looked like thirteen-year-olds and they immediately started giggling, one of them even said to another guy something along the lines of: oh, now that’s a big fat fagot. I was startled at how fast they judged me and how sure they were of their words. Like, ‘that guy is certainly gay because he’s got Armani on.’ Really, what does it have to do with anything?

I was watching this Will and Grace episode yesterday, in which both Will and Jack try to teach this relative of Karen’s how to behave and look like a gay man, after trying to fit him in the stereotype and not being successful, they gave up, only to see him later wearing Gucci shoes, they were amazingly impressed and satisfied, like it was his first step towards gayness. And from what I’ve read, both the writers/creator are gay themselves.
Which is even more surprising than the thirteen-year-olds, because they are the ones who should be fighting against the stereotype, not reinforcing or making fun of it

I was watching Ellen, and the guy she was talking to was saying how gay marriage was made legal for insurance reasons (or something). It amazes me how even when he could just shut his mouth, he has to specify that it’s NOT marriage. And anyway, couldn’t homosexuality be a part of evolution, the world is so over crowded. People of the opposite sex are attracted to each other to keep the human race going. I’ve read that many species of animals can be homosexual. This is proof that it is entirley natural, and it really is stupid for people to screw around with nature. Like i’ve seen an episode of 20/20 with these guys who take classes on how to act “straight”. They teach them how to talk about sports and stuff. Honestley it’s enough to make you sick isn’t it?

it,s an shame it,s going to be2009 and people i are still full of hate and stupidity these but you if you have faith and pray it will be better cause you know what alot of is coming around i mean really coming around.