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by Karl
Okay, let’s start with something really easy.
Let’s call it a “test” just for
the hell of it. Let’s begin. If you have ever
been called a faggot or dyke put up your hand. If
you have every called someone a faggot or dyke,
please, raise you hand. If you know some one who
has, what your family and friends refer to as a
“special friend”, please raise your
hand. If you have ever felt that expressing yourself
in a way that would make you the happiest isn’t
possible or safe, please raise you hand. If you
have ever cried because you have felt that you don’t
have someone who would understand what you’re
going through, please raise your hand. Higher in
the back please, we want to make sure we can see
everyone. If you have ever felt that your body didn’t
suit who you are, put that hand up in the air. If
you have every been harassed for trying to modify
your body or dressing in clothes that people deem
to be the opposite of what you should be wearing,
right, hands in the air. If you have ever thought
of being physical in a sexual way with a person
of a same gender and are afraid to say so, hands
up. These questions all stem from how homophobia,
biphobia, and transphobia impact our lives and how
we feel we can express ourselves.
If you think that homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia
sucks, please, stand up! Look around and know that
you’re not the only one who had their hand
in the air, and you know that you aren’t the
only person standing up.
Homophobia/biphobia/transphobia often feels like
it can limit who you are and negate your rights
to be happy. It can reinforce notions that we are
not normal and how we are feeling isn’t legitimate.
Going to school, or work, or church, your home,
your doctor, your therapist,or hanging out with
friends can feel like a the hardest thing in the
world when you don’t feel safe because of
what your feeling and thinking. It is okay to talk
about these things and it is okay to be nervous
to do it. The Youth Line is there for those times
when you don’t have anyone to talk to, or
even just a different voice.
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