Love is LOVE. (My views on homosexuality)
Hello again, my lovelies, and welcome back to my blog!
Before I get into the core of this post, let me just make one thing clear once and for all: I have very specific views on gay rights and I stand my ground VERY solidly regarding them, so with all due respect, NOTHING you say will change my opinion. Ever. If you don't like that and don't agree with me- I'm sorry, I don't care. Please just know that there is no point in trying to convince me that what you believe is right and what I believe is wrong. Okay, great. Good talk.
Let's start with a little throwback to about four years ago. A Russian person comes to the US to study and, literally within the first week, hears things like "Oh yeah, so and so is totally gay" or "I'm straight, so...". Hint: that person was me, of course. And just so you have an idea- I kinda knew what gay was, but I was absolutely clueless as far as what that meant or, for example, what the word "straight" meant when applied to a person. With all the love for my country, that's how taboo the topic of homosexuality was and still is over here, though I do see slight improvements compared to four years ago. Literally no one educated me on or talked to me about being gay. Not only that, but whenever I did hear anything at all about homosexuality, is was all completely negative. Consequently, as my LGBT+ friends, now dearly loved, kept getting introduced to me, I really did not know how to feel or what to think about them. All I knew to do was question whether they were "normal" or "against nature", "perverted", and "wrong" somehow. Anyways, you get the idea of what was in my head back then. Frankly, it makes my heart quite sad to realize that there was even a time when I was that confused as to what I should think about some of the most courageous, utterly hilarious, giving, loving, caring, and all around beautiful people in my entire. freakin'. life.
Fast forward to now. With NO intent to brag about myself, I can say that, thankfully, the confusion did not lead to hate. With time, I was getting to know my gay friends and their stories, amazing, inspiring, and, all too often, absolutely heart-shattering. I also started to educate myself a little about what it's like to be an LGBT person in our world and got super fired up and determined to defend and stand for the gay community. It"s been four years and I can honestly say that it is one of my greatest honors to be an ally and I cannot imagine what my life would be without all my gay friends in it. And no, I don't care how obnoxious that sounds.
I want to keep this short, so let me just say one more quick thing. Earlier, I used to post A LOT on LGBT+ rights. And when I say A LOT I mean it. My rants were pretty darn long and got all sorts of comments. They were also angry. Very, very angry. After a while, I stopped liking that negativity and the overall heart behind my posts, so they became fewer. I learned that, rather than posting away, it is way more productive to just go out there and love on my gay friends. Because, among many other things, that's what they taught me- love. (Not only romantically speaking, but just love in general) It legitimately never fails to take me aback that practically all my LGBT friends just show love to people. Even those who hurt them, bully them, judge them, and make it hard for them to just be themselves without fearing for their lives sometimes. And let me tell you, that's really quite something.
So to all my LGBTQIA friends- I love you so.so.SO.deeply. Thank you for coming into my life and making me a better, more open-minded, compassionate person. Thank you for opening your doors for me when I needed it most. Thank you for being absolute sass queens. Thank you for showing me that different does not mean bad and that whatever form or shape love takes, it's still LOVE. Thank you for always being there for me. Thank you, most of all, for just being YOU. I hope you know and always remember that, despite what some might say, NO part of you is wrong or unworthy of love.
That's all I got.
Thank you, as always, for all of you who read this till the end.
Much LOVE,
E.
Before I get into the core of this post, let me just make one thing clear once and for all: I have very specific views on gay rights and I stand my ground VERY solidly regarding them, so with all due respect, NOTHING you say will change my opinion. Ever. If you don't like that and don't agree with me- I'm sorry, I don't care. Please just know that there is no point in trying to convince me that what you believe is right and what I believe is wrong. Okay, great. Good talk.
Let's start with a little throwback to about four years ago. A Russian person comes to the US to study and, literally within the first week, hears things like "Oh yeah, so and so is totally gay" or "I'm straight, so...". Hint: that person was me, of course. And just so you have an idea- I kinda knew what gay was, but I was absolutely clueless as far as what that meant or, for example, what the word "straight" meant when applied to a person. With all the love for my country, that's how taboo the topic of homosexuality was and still is over here, though I do see slight improvements compared to four years ago. Literally no one educated me on or talked to me about being gay. Not only that, but whenever I did hear anything at all about homosexuality, is was all completely negative. Consequently, as my LGBT+ friends, now dearly loved, kept getting introduced to me, I really did not know how to feel or what to think about them. All I knew to do was question whether they were "normal" or "against nature", "perverted", and "wrong" somehow. Anyways, you get the idea of what was in my head back then. Frankly, it makes my heart quite sad to realize that there was even a time when I was that confused as to what I should think about some of the most courageous, utterly hilarious, giving, loving, caring, and all around beautiful people in my entire. freakin'. life.
Fast forward to now. With NO intent to brag about myself, I can say that, thankfully, the confusion did not lead to hate. With time, I was getting to know my gay friends and their stories, amazing, inspiring, and, all too often, absolutely heart-shattering. I also started to educate myself a little about what it's like to be an LGBT person in our world and got super fired up and determined to defend and stand for the gay community. It"s been four years and I can honestly say that it is one of my greatest honors to be an ally and I cannot imagine what my life would be without all my gay friends in it. And no, I don't care how obnoxious that sounds.
I want to keep this short, so let me just say one more quick thing. Earlier, I used to post A LOT on LGBT+ rights. And when I say A LOT I mean it. My rants were pretty darn long and got all sorts of comments. They were also angry. Very, very angry. After a while, I stopped liking that negativity and the overall heart behind my posts, so they became fewer. I learned that, rather than posting away, it is way more productive to just go out there and love on my gay friends. Because, among many other things, that's what they taught me- love. (Not only romantically speaking, but just love in general) It legitimately never fails to take me aback that practically all my LGBT friends just show love to people. Even those who hurt them, bully them, judge them, and make it hard for them to just be themselves without fearing for their lives sometimes. And let me tell you, that's really quite something.
So to all my LGBTQIA friends- I love you so.so.SO.deeply. Thank you for coming into my life and making me a better, more open-minded, compassionate person. Thank you for opening your doors for me when I needed it most. Thank you for being absolute sass queens. Thank you for showing me that different does not mean bad and that whatever form or shape love takes, it's still LOVE. Thank you for always being there for me. Thank you, most of all, for just being YOU. I hope you know and always remember that, despite what some might say, NO part of you is wrong or unworthy of love.
That's all I got.
Thank you, as always, for all of you who read this till the end.
Much LOVE,
E.
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