Hey everyone! Today is going to be a little different from any of my other posts. This one isn't about a book. It's about an article i read in our school newspaper "The Chronicle". The article is about GLAAD which stands for Gay and Lesbians Alliance Against Defamation. When i read this article i could relate to it a lot in my personal life and social life too. I am bisexual and I have a lot of bisexual and lesbian friends. My aunt is a lesbian and i mean she isn't rude or mean and she gets a lot of hate. Like, why? Because she's not a barbie? Because she's not the same as you? No. That's no reason to be rude to people. In the article, when a sophomore came out and told her friends about her sexual orientation, she lost a lot of her friends. Why? because she's different. On October 17th it was gay pride day and they wore purple.
Another thing they talked about was the placement in the word "Gay". "When kids say those words they dont even mean homosexual, they mean 'stupid' or ignorant. But hearing those things damages someone's self esteem whether they're in or out of the closet." Tyler Walton, a 2011 Mason graduate, says in reply to the placement of "gay".Most people believe it's used to call something dumb or stupid but hearing it damages the self esteems of the people who are in or out of the closet. One girl actually commented that her pastor could "fix" the girl who was lesbian. Nobody really thinks about how comments like that could hurt someone's self esteem on a high level.
Some kids who get negitave comments a lot usually try to commit suicide or they harm themselves to make themselves feel better about who they are and that's not what should be happening. It's awful and a terrible thing to do. Everyone deserves a life and deserves to life it the way they want to and in a way that makes them happy. Overall I believe that people should be who they want to be and be whatever/whoever makes them happy. Nobody deserves to be bullied [physically or emotionally] for who they are.
What an honest blog post. Thanks for sharing. I read that article too, and had Danielle as a student (Love her!). Glad you feel comfortable enough to share!
ReplyDeleteThanks! i feel strongly about bullying someone for the kind of person they are. It's ridiculous. But glad you like it :)
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