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ok this is actually something I’ve wanted to say for a while but I suck at words so I’m gonna try my best please don’t hate me if this makes no sense.

I’m going to be very blunt, but am going to explain myself so please read the whole thing before you hate me. 

I don’t think gay pride and the like should exist.

People shouldn’t be proud for something that is just a part of who they are.

You would never see a brunette parade, or a blue-eyed people parade, because that would be silly.

People don’t go around talking about how proud they are to be straight, so members of the LGBT*Q community shouldn’t be either. I feel like for some people, it becomes a personality trait rather than just a part of who they are. EVERYONE has to know that they are gay and proud of that fact.

That all being said, I COMPLETELY understand why there are gay pride parades. LGBT*Q people are commonly told that they are wrong, or disgusting, or below non LGBT*Q people. They are not given the same rights as non LGBT*Q folks and are discriminated against (people can still be fired just for being gay like really?). They are bullied in school, shunned by their own families, and sometimes decide to end their own life just to get away from the pain of it all, wishing they could be “normal”.

Right now, it is necessary for people to show that they are proud of who they are, to destroy the heteronormativity and cisnormativity that rules society today. And that fucking sucks.

I want to live in a world where there is no “normal”. Where telling people that you are gay or bi or whatever doesn’t have to be a huge deal. That it’s the kind of thing that randomly comes up in a conversation, like learning what someone’s favorite movie is. Something that is so low-key that no one cares at all. Oh you’re gay? Cool let’s play cards. Oh you’re straight? Rad let’s bake some cupcakes. Oh you wanna be a girl? Awesome let’s go to the mall. 

I recently unintentionally came out to my dad and grandparents, and a few weeks after, I was in the car with my dad and he started telling me about how he supports me no matter what and that he loves me and etc. and I just wish that that wasn’t necessary. I know he supports and loves me, I know he will accept me no matter what. I don’t want people making a huge deal out of my sexuality. I want my mom to have the same reaction if I bring a girl home or if I bring a guy home. I don’t want people to make a big deal out of my sexuality because WHY DOES IT MATTER TO THEM. It only matters to ME. 

I feel like once people stop treating homosexuality and transgender people like they are separate from heterosexual and cisgender people, the “norm” will be thrown out of window because people will realize that it really does not matter. If you’re straight. don’t act like you’re better than LGB people, If youre LGB, don’t act like youre better than straight people. If you’re cis, don’t act like you’re better than trans people, and if you’re trans, don’t act like you’re better than cis people. It’s really not that hard!

OK literally no one is going to read this but it was very nice to get these feelings out ok god bless