Jan
07
Lgbt: My Lgbt Brethren, What Issues Concern You Most?
As gay, bi, lesbian and transgendered people, which, if any, issues concern you most? The high cost of living? World peace/unrest? Prop 8? Gay rights in general everywhere? The threat of war?
Or perhaps something more immediate. A broken heart, a broken family or a broken toe. Worried about the lack of material resources on Earth to sustain China and India in the fashion that we and Europe have been accustomed to all this time? (That’s one of my worries)
Preoccupied with school or worried that nobody understands you or loves you? Concerned that you’re all alone.. maybe even SURE of it because nobody else could possible understand you? 
I’m worried about all these things, and you, hence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aPGk01Ai…
Where to begin? LOL Shall I go in order Tris?
Ok, let’s see. Cost of living, world peace and war, etc…
All these things, I see them as out of our hands. Only in the sense that as a nation, we think we have power but people with titles do. We can literally have millions of people oppose of something, but if one or a few say yes, it’s yes. So much for majority rules. Check this out…
War…the president doesn’t have all the authority to create a war. But if he suggests it, and it goes through, we have a war, DESPITE the fact that millions of Americans are saying NO! NO WAR! or rather since we’ve been in war for so long, BRING THEM HOME!! Are they home? UH, no.
Prop 8…a million people say NO TO PROP! versus a million and one people say YES!
Prop 8 passes.
What’s the point? Democracy? Really? I don’t see it.
Gay rights. This may be mean to say but I really don’t give a damn. I like guys. I like girls. Some people will be ok about it. Some wont. Same with racial discrimination. You can’t win. It’s impossible. Just the other day one of my friends was telling me that he was talking French to someone while he was on campus and a lady was like “This is America and we speak English!” (She wasn’t even in the conversation and she put in her two senses, like a b*tch.) I can go on forever on how I would have told her off there on the spot. Again, you can’t win. Same with gay rights. People want marriage. Me? I don’t care. It’s just a silly little piece of paper.
I go out and YAY I got married…no what? Frame the damn certificate? What changed? Nothing is stopping you from living your lives the way you want just because you can’t get a piece of paper that says you are married. In my opinion, people worry so much about such insignificant things, and that actually causes problems. I don’t think that Prop 8 should have been pass, and hell, I was mad myself. It think it’s ridiculous that today we are so focused on how other people live rather than ourselves, its sickening. Why would any straight person give a damn whether a gay couple can get married? What the hell is it to them? It’s none of their business. I’ll end the gay rights discussion here.
A broken heart…I’ll admit, this one is a hard one. Everyone deals with things differently. Being that I’m an emotional person and I think about things quite deeply, this one does concern me a lot. I’m fragile. I know it. It scares me. I’ve gotten close to passing out due to a few occurrences in my life. My uncle died, my bird of 12 years, my father getting a new wife…I was literally on the floor, light headed, I couldn’t withstand these things.
I was close to losing consciousness over these things. I’ve always said that if my mother were to ever pass away, I would soon after. If the shock doesn’t take me, I’ll take my own life. I literally can’t live without her. Me and her give each other life. The bond with my mother is unlike anything else in the world. Nothing can top that.
School…HA! NOT! I mean yeah at the moment, it’s like DAMN IT I FAILED THE QUIZ (ten seconds later) I’M HUNGRY! ^_^ All I ever needed to know I learned in elementary. Sure, it’s nice to know knew things, but really, I don’t give a damn. I’m only in college because I have to be because if I’m not how am I going to survive in a world that based all on MONEY?? Money money money! I say we burn it all to hell!
YES IT DOES BOTHER ME IF I’M GOING TO BE ALONE FOREVER!
Quite frankly it disturbs me so much that, I get depressed sometimes. I have the ability to love people so strongly that I’m afraid that it’s just a one sided feeling. That they won’t ever love me back the way I do. I’m afraid no one will ever love me. No one ever has. (Outside my family). The only one that I felt might have love me was my friend Craig. I know he did. I know he does. And I love him back. And even if I don’t want to have a sexual relationship with him, I do wish I could be with him, as if in a regular relationship. It will never happen because the way things are set up, he’d never accept that. It’s gay.
Loving him the way I do is gay, and it would gross him out or something.
I met only one person that I think understands me. This person lives in England. She is transgendered. (FtM) This person is indescribable. We’ve made such a connection, it’s unbelievable. I really hope to meet her one day. We understand each other like no other people in this world can ever comprehend.
I’m done.
Sorry. It’s long eh? NAH! It’s not. Me and that girl in England…literally, 20-page emails on MS Word. 12 font. Single spaced. That’s the length on average. Usually, between 16-22 pages. So this? A scratch on the surface. You only poked my brain Tris. =)
Making it through the next week of my life is most pressing issue. I live day to day and take things one step at time. As selfish as this sounds, I don’t have the time for really care for anyone else. I could give a **** about gay rights when I can barely afford to pay for lunch as it is.
I’m also worried I’m growing apart from my family but at the same time I get the vibe that they don’t care. The fact that they rather e-mail me as opposed to calling is just so “close”, if you know what I mean.
I’m worried about my microbiology lab test on Wednesday.
I’m worried about my job. My project ends this week and I haven’t been trained on anything else yet. So I have a feeling I”m going to be laid off all through Christmas. :
Due to the possible lay-off I’m also worried about paying my rent and other bills. Plus having Christmas money.
I’m worried about flying to see my g/f for Christmas. I’m meeting her family for the first time, and due to the job/money situation I might not able able to get her a nice Christmas present.
So yeah, I’m definitely worried about the economy, and school, and my flight, and my g/f, and my tests coming up and everything. I worry a lot. I probably have ulcers as big as my head. Ugh.
What concerns me the most is the direction the world is going. The seemingly never-ending chain of discrimination across generations. I thought my generation would be more accepting, but it is filled with misled religious bigots that inherited their parents’ discriminatory attitudes.
Will we ever live in a nice, peaceful world?
Also, I’m concerned about pulling an all-nighter tonight to finish a project because I have two tests tomorrow.
Prop 8 has certainly been among the top concerns on my list! Before the vote, election day and now! I have attended many demonstrations to gain back the rights we were given in the California State Constitution and the US Constitution! It is my dear hope that one day the LGBT community will be treated equally across of nation.
The youtube link was “Not available in your country” That is, the UK.
However re prop 8 If I understand what was going on behind the scenes, some of the religious groups used money as a winding sheet to smother and kill the prop. Oh well, that’s low life for you.
Rose P.
Aside from prop 8, it would have to be the economy and the wars in the middle east. We’re spending far too much time being the world’s police when we can’t even fix the problems we have here at home. We’re spread way too thin and we need allies (which we had until Bushy went into office). =(
….wow..how do i pick out of all of those… ummm… “d” all of the above! like, you pretty much covered all of my concerns there… other than me passing my math class with a c. cuz if i don’t i cant move up to the next class which actually counts for my gen ed. yeah.. you totally hit it on the head.
I care a little bit about prop 8, but not that much. I care about my friends and family. Also, I hope the economy doesn’t go down the shitter like the great depression.
Worrying is pointless ! It is not constructive, in & of itself & in fact is DEstructive, as it raises cortisol levels in the blood – exacerbating health problems !!
i still need to come out to my guy friends. all the girls in my life know, but it’s harder with guys… i’m really afraid they won’t talk to me ever again, and that’s a real possibility…
Edication and medical care, along with everything and anything we can do about the environment is important to me.,
Whether or not my Congestion into Toronto report will be done by 4:30 tomorrow. That’s my biggest concern right now – while I’m taking a break – I’ve been at it since 12 PM.
School and grades. I guess i’m pretty lucky that that is it!
I am worried about keeping a roof over my head because I am a Real Estate Agent and I have no more business, have been paying my bills with my savings, am almost out of money in my savings, and have been applying for other jobs without getting any interviews until a few days ago when I got an interview at a large retailer that will not pay enough to cover my monthly mortgage… but will have to take it since there are no other options in the hopes that people will want to buy houses again and that I will not lose my home which is no longer worth the amount I bought it for.
In the big scheme of things, at the moment I am on a marriage kick. People are so insensitive on this issue and they just refuse to see any other point of view but their own. This has further been reinforced for me recently on the show Queer as Folk which is my new fave TV show this year. Since I have been watching it, marriage and gay-bashing and AIDS and all other issues have come to mind. One episode I recently watched also highlighted the fact that someone needs to care for other people. This show has also given me a new motto to live by which is to live my life NO APOLOGIES, NO REGRETS which I have taken to heart.
Also I have recently been brought to the attention of school shootings. I was too young to understand when Coulmbine happened and more recently though this issue concerns me. I read a book about how boys and adolescent males have been emotionally repressed over the years and it covered the Coulmbine Massacre in detail analysing Dylan and Eric. This whole high school shooting in itself is something that concerns me greatly. It’s not that I fear one but I can empathise with the shooters and that is what disturbs me the most about this issue.
More immediately, I have just taken my final high school exams and am anxiously waiting to see if I get accepted into my university course to study a Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Applied Linguistics.
And I am also worried about coming out as bi to new people at university and hope that they are as accepting as the friends I made at high school.
I really really don’t care at all about proposition 8.
My concerns within LGBT realm of the universe is the protection of people’s choice of gender expression in any sort of space. Ending discrimination for much easier things like medical attention, job protection, housing. If I become homeless I might be denied shelter for my gender expression. If my bits don’t match what I appear to be I might be denied medical attention (I’ve heard stories). If somebody reads me as female, but sees that I’m a guy I can be denied so much more.
I’m concerned about women’s rights EVERYWHERE, the rights of people in general.
I strongly dislike how Prop 8 is being made a big stink but when HRC promoted a ENDA without gender expression included not too many people cared.
I worry that something will happen to someone I love and that they will hurt or have a difficult time getting though it. I don’t worry too much about it, but I think about my loved ones every day and pray for their health and happiness. I worry about our world and the greed that overtakes those in powerful positions. I worry that our current president will do some unbelievably dangerous and stupid things in his final month in office, just as a way to stick it to the incoming administration. I worry that we will slip into another great depression as a result of the banking industry failures. There is much on my mind, but I am also very thankful that I have people in my life to love and who love me.
Stayin’ Alive has great lyrics. Too bad the song is disco, but the words are amazing if you can stand the way they sing them.
Dear Omega, I love you for worrying about the world and about your friends. I think about you every day and hope that your illness has taken its course and will leave you in peace. I want so much to hear that you are healthy and happy, my dear friend.
I am thankful for all my friends and loved ones. That is what I focus on.
Have a great day all!
Love,
~Rob R
The economy here in the USA and throughout the world. Prop 8 and other measures against us LGBT people also concern me, deeply.
But the money thing is what should be our focus. Because no matter what color you are or what gender or what orientation, we all need money to survive on. Well, we don’t need money but we need food and shelter and those things take MONEY!
BTW, I love that song and the movie “Saturday Night Fever” and the decadent 70s! Let’s boogie down, Saint Omega! We can dance and bump booties all night long and our problems will be gone as long as we can keep dancing! {{{bump}}} {{{bump}}} and {{{hugs}}}