May 18, 2011
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Days six through eleven
Wooooooh spring cleaning! Yes, that’s why I missed almost an entire WEEK. I actually did write them out, but I had my nets basically turned off, so I couldn’t post them. But my house is mostly clean nows which is AWESOME. Just working on the kitchen on and off and the dishwasher-which is now working-is doing most of that.
So here goes!
Day 6 – Did you face any problems regarding religion?
Ugh, fuck yes. First off, My parents tried to “cure” me of my “sickness” when they first found out. It scared me so much that I was hiding in the back of an ocean-sized closet, and not caring if I suffocated as long as I never had to come out. But once I got older and accepted/admitted my feelings… it took less than three hours to realise that it should not be an issue, even according to my religion at the time.Day 7 – How your parents took it or how you think they might take it.
Denial. I’ve never brought home a girl to them, so they are so far in denial it is ridiculous.Day 8 – What do you think the closet or being closeted means to you?
>.> I have a grammar nazi moment because “what do you think…means to you” is redundant. Any ways, to me, being closeted or “the closet” means running away. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. But it means that you are hiding and running from either yourself, or people around you.Day 9 – What do you think about LGBT Pride? Is it helpful or hurtful? Encouraged or unnecessary?
It doesn’t have to be one or the other, does it? To an extent, it’s very helpful, and even necessary, and should definitely be encouraged. But too much of it is bad. Too much of it makes people resent what it stands for. We aren’t “better than” we are “equal to” and I think a lot of people forget that. Plus I think there needs to be less “LGB” and more “T” pride. I think transgendered/transsexual people are highly under-appreciated, under-represented, and not taken seriously enough. They need more support and pride than the rest of us.Day 10 – What does marriage mean to you?
Marriage is overrated. People put too damn much value in marriage when it’s so easily revoked. I think that ANY partnership/civil union should have the same rights as marriage, and the fact that it isn’t shows just how foolish and stupid people are. If I ever get married, it will be because many/most/all of the rights allowed to married couples are still not allowed to civil unions.Day 11 – Your favorite LGBT book (or one you’d like to read).
Honestly, I have no idea. Never really read any or thought about reading them, honestly.
