[Personal] Read this when I read it I almost cryed

[Sumarra]

Ok I read this on my friends site and I almost cryed please comment. I was not sure where to put this so move it if you have to.

Please read..and think about this.

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the Prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight, throughout the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I ever had. I wish they could adopt me.

I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived an attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just three weeks before graduating high school, it was just too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom to use to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not even allowed to visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the Domestic violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I am the domestic violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly distant and cold when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the father who never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym, until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized that I was transsexual.

I am the person who feels guilty because I think that I could be a much better person if I didnt always have to deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I dont believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the boy who killed himself after my boyfriend died in an attack.

I am the boy who faked sick because I was afraid to see what was written on my locker today.

I am the boy who helped viciously attack my gay friend, because I didn't want my other friends to know that I was seeing him.

I am the boy who is afraid to look at another boy in his eyes, because of what he might think.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, Love.  

[Exotic~Muffin]

gonk I read that on the memorial to Mathew Sheppard...

It really is sad, but thats the way it is and thats the way we have to accept it I guess. I think more then a few of those apply to people I know including myself. crying People are dumb sometimes!

 

[meek_san]

crying crying crying
If only things could change.....if only.....
Why is it that mankind has to be so harsh with people who are different?? I don't think I'll find an answer....*sigh*  

[Kuroi Kokoro no Mendori]

That was beautiful. Thank you. crying  

[ShadowedMoonlight]

That's so sad. The truth of this world is so harsh. I wish it could change. crying  

[[OMFG NARKI]]

I haven't been this close to tears from mere text in years. o.o
It's depressing, really, that this is the very reality many of us face today.  

[Herzeleider]

I couldnt find this sad. The truth is it happens to every single person on this planet, at one time or another. Even the people who are the haters. People are always looking for one small thing to seperate themselves in order to feel surperior (or whatever be the case).  

[[OMFG NARKI]]

So, just because suffering and tragedy is universal it's less of a sad affair when it strikes down at people for any reason? Brilliant logic there.  

[farewell songs]

I read this quite a while ago, and it really did bring me to tears...And I always get such a weird feeling in my stomach whenever I read this...I'll never understand how people can be so cruel to one another...  

[Kyuriusu]

crying -speechless- crying  

[jad3d]

I wish things could change for the better. I guess these events happen every day.  

[Ace of Blue Spades]

Well, I didn't cry but it is an eerie poem. It reminds of the "When they came for me, there was no one left to speak" poem. I probably misqouted that line, but I hope you know which I'm talking about.  

[eduardo galpaleano]

It depresses me to think that approx. 62% of the world would say "They deserved it..." to most of these things. Ah, what is our world coming to?  

[[OMFG NARKI]]

Eh, it has improved lately over the past ~decade from what I've gathered. Still a long way to go though...  

[Exotic~Muffin]

lurkindarkness

It depresses me to think that approx. 62% of the world would say "They deserved it..." to most of these things. Ah, what is our world coming to?

Hopefully it's going to a better place! 3nodding