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Originally Posted by Sammie17:
So start by letting G,L, and T's know that you respect and support them by smiling if you normally do not, by making conversation if you normally just say hi, by acknowledging them if you normally avoid them. If you are brave, maybe you can stand up for them if they are being taunted. It is not hard, and will only take a few minutes each day. But it makes an enormous difference to them--maybe even more than we'll ever know.
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Sammie, and all others who have posted, I thank you guys on behalf of my L, and G friends who have suffered SOO much! Sammie, your quote is so true. Why can't anti-Gays, Lesbians, and Transgenders UNDERSTAND that it takes only so little to help improve relations? Why can't they understand that it HURTS so much to not be ACCEPTED who you are. Why can't they understand that G, L, and Ts all have emotions, too, LIKE ANY FRICKIN OTHER HUMAN. Sheesh. Why can't they understand that just a little action (like sneering or staring) hurts them so much, just like it would hurt the Non-Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Colmmunity?
I am only a HS student, just like Newbie.
. But it's amazing how cruel HS kids can be. I have been friends of L's and G's ever since preschool, only they had never come "out" until just 2 years ago. I have always loved them for being there for me, and my love for them has never changed. They will always be my buddies from preschool that I have become best friends with, all throughout these years of schooling. I will always be there for them, though I myself have also experienced discrimination.
People laugh at me, a non-G, L, or T, for standing by them b/c supposedly they are the "outsiders" at my school. Yet, I remain strong. I used to be part of the "popular" clique. Now, I'm just who I am...and that's staying LOYAL TO MY DEAR FRIENDS, who just HAPPEN to be part of the G, L, and T nation. My best friends happen to be them, and they have always stood by me. Why should I ever have to change my attitudes towards them to conform to the "popular opinion"? Why should ANY friendships be destroyed just b/c you find out your friend is gay, lesbian, or transgendered?
Why aren't G,L, and Ts finally allowed to live like any other functioning human? It's just not fair. Sometimes I MYSELF even start hating the world...b/c it's so tough to see my friends suffer like that. A good day can be turned
upside down with a stare of disapproval from a non-L, G, or T. It sucks so bad. You really don't know how much they suffer, till you see it w/your own eyes. And to think that my friends are in high school--
which are supposed to be the happiest years of our lives--and go home depressed b/c someone has made fun of them b/c of differing sexualities and beliefs.
Thank you Newbie for starting this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, it seems like GreekChat is segregated as well.
. I wish more replies would come; then I could show my L and G friends
just how much they are supported and loved. And to all that have replied, I thank you, b/c I can't wait to tell my G and L friends that they are being supported!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DC1, I commend you for being your true self and showing yourself to the world. I am so sorry that you ahve suffered so; I just would like to wish you the best through everything. Please realize that the world is a FRICKIN CRAPPY place a lot of the times. (Sorry.) And please, please surround yourself with friends that LOVE you for who you are!!! B/c you sound like a great person, and I'm glad that you have not turned your back to your true self.
[This message has been edited by bubbles17 (edited April 05, 2001).]