Today...
...I will choose to be gay.
...I will choose to reduce my dating pool by 90% (and if you're conservative, 95%).
...I will choose to keep my universal donor blood to myself.
...I will choose to give up my ability to have a child that shares both of its parents' genes.
...I will choose to increase my statistical risk of contracting AIDS by 600%.
...I will choose to be openly ridiculed and demonized by almost every major world religion.
...I will choose to have my sexual orientation used as a synonym for "stupid".
...I will choose to sit in the lobby while my husband dies in a hospital room.
...I will choose to be thrown against my locker, pushed to the ground, and called a faggot.
...I will choose to be psychologically tortured at a camp to fix my problem.
...I will choose to be kicked out of my home by my parents.
...I will choose to be told that my love isn't real.
Today sounds like fun.
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While my particular circumstances are way to the "life is fucking awesome" end of the spectrum, it is important to realize that the LGBT community faces some pretty serious and legitimate hatred and danger, despite whatever triumphs you hear about in the news. Marriage equality and bullying are in the spotlight these days, but there are many other issues that will be equally important as our cultural revolution gains momentum. Not all of us can blog, or make YouTube videos, or start huge advocacy campaigns, but we can all be awesome and amazing and loving people.
Be out. Be fantastic. Make people look like fucking morons for saying there's something wrong with you.
