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Someone e-mailed this to me and I decided to post it here because I thought it was really sad. I usually don't read forwards or anything, but I read this one. It's basicly like, against homophobia.
>I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag
>everyday
>
>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 through 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 have ever had. I wish they
>could adopt me.
>
>I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating
>high school. It was simply 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 I should use if I want to
>avoid getting the management called on me.
>
>I am the mother who is not allowed to even 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 found the support system grow
>suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a
>woman.
>
>I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to
>because I am male.
>
>I am the father who has 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 woman who died when the EMT's stopped treating me as soon as they
>realized I was transsexual. (yes, this actually happened! it'll be a miracle
>if they didn't get fired for this!)
>
>I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better
>person if I didnt have to always deal with society hating me.
>
>I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but
>because they closed their doors to my kind.
>
>I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
>
>I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends I'm a lesbian, because they
>constantly make fun of them.
>
>I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die
>because two straight men wanted to "teach me a lesson"
>I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag
>everyday
>
>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 through 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 have ever had. I wish they
>could adopt me.
>
>I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating
>high school. It was simply 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 I should use if I want to
>avoid getting the management called on me.
>
>I am the mother who is not allowed to even 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 found the support system grow
>suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a
>woman.
>
>I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to
>because I am male.
>
>I am the father who has 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 woman who died when the EMT's stopped treating me as soon as they
>realized I was transsexual. (yes, this actually happened! it'll be a miracle
>if they didn't get fired for this!)
>
>I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better
>person if I didnt have to always deal with society hating me.
>
>I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but
>because they closed their doors to my kind.
>
>I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
>
>I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends I'm a lesbian, because they
>constantly make fun of them.
>
>I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die
>because two straight men wanted to "teach me a lesson"