Saint_Michael_77
03-10-2007, 09:02 AM
Hi Everyone! This is my first post here with my new friends. I live in Upstate New York in a quiet little town (too bad there's only 1 or 2 of those here in New York! :p ). I'm a 30/M, only child, raised by a single, hard working, Mom.... and I am straight. Why am I here? Well.. the way I was raised is to love people for who they are.. not what they are. So needless to say I have friends from all walks of life...sexual preferences, races, creeds, colors, etc. etc.. It's the kind of person I am and the kind of people I associate myself with! I am often mistake as maybe being gay because I'm not the average 'kick some ass, drink some beer' kinda guy. Maybe this comes from being raised by a single Mom.. I don't know. I'm just more in touch with reality, feelings, and other things that most straight men are affraid to admit they have inside. My gay friends call me 'Tragically Straight' which I have never been able to really figure out! :)
Being that I have always had gay and lesbian friends I was happy to see Family Cruise when it first came on HBO a while back. I laughed at times, cried at times, and came away feeling happy that SO many gay couples are actively looking to, and are raising, beautiful families built of love! I was lucky to have been a part of such a family for almost 4 years when a girl I was engaged to first introduced me to her 2 Mom's (her Birth Mom and her Partner of many years)! Mom's and I keep in touch to this day even though their daughter, for lack of a better term :mad: , and I didn't stay together!
I hope to meet some of you this summer in P-Town. My family and I have vacationed in the Cape a few times and ALWAYS spend a day or 2 walking around P-Town! I was so excited to see that R Family was going to organize a vacation there and for those of you that haven't been there... wait till you see how beautiful, free, and fun P-Town really is! And don't be affraid to walk because Commercial Street goes a lot farther down then you think!
Anyhow, a friend on MySpace posted this bulletin which I thought I would share with everyone here! It's sad, true, and thought provoking! Most of you will be able to relate to it better than I can but because of the person I am.. I have gone through a lot of this with some of my friends and will NEVER understand how people can hate the way that they do!
I would love to meet new friends so anyone who wants to... say Hello! Here's the Bulletin I mentioned and I'll talk to you all later!
Smile!
-Michael
The world needs to be more open minded;these things wouldn't happen......
Homophobia, simple truth.
I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a *** 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.
I am the man who fears that I will never be able to be myself, to be free of this secret because I won't risk loosing my family and friends.
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 EMTs stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
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 im 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"
Being that I have always had gay and lesbian friends I was happy to see Family Cruise when it first came on HBO a while back. I laughed at times, cried at times, and came away feeling happy that SO many gay couples are actively looking to, and are raising, beautiful families built of love! I was lucky to have been a part of such a family for almost 4 years when a girl I was engaged to first introduced me to her 2 Mom's (her Birth Mom and her Partner of many years)! Mom's and I keep in touch to this day even though their daughter, for lack of a better term :mad: , and I didn't stay together!
I hope to meet some of you this summer in P-Town. My family and I have vacationed in the Cape a few times and ALWAYS spend a day or 2 walking around P-Town! I was so excited to see that R Family was going to organize a vacation there and for those of you that haven't been there... wait till you see how beautiful, free, and fun P-Town really is! And don't be affraid to walk because Commercial Street goes a lot farther down then you think!
Anyhow, a friend on MySpace posted this bulletin which I thought I would share with everyone here! It's sad, true, and thought provoking! Most of you will be able to relate to it better than I can but because of the person I am.. I have gone through a lot of this with some of my friends and will NEVER understand how people can hate the way that they do!
I would love to meet new friends so anyone who wants to... say Hello! Here's the Bulletin I mentioned and I'll talk to you all later!
Smile!
-Michael
The world needs to be more open minded;these things wouldn't happen......
Homophobia, simple truth.
I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a *** 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.
I am the man who fears that I will never be able to be myself, to be free of this secret because I won't risk loosing my family and friends.
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 EMTs stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
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 im 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"