Growing up in South
Eastern, Pennsylvania was
a very hard thing for me
to do because I always
felt different, different
from society and the
other kids my whole
entire life. I wasn't
really accepted into a
social group of any kind
because of several
indifferences. When I was
around 12 or 13 years of
age, I started to
understand that
"different
feeling" and I
finally realized why I
was different. During
this time, the other kids
in school were getting
associated with the
opposite sex and started
to feel some se xual
feelings for them. Well,
at first I tried to act
just like the other kids
and pretended to also
have some sexual feelings
for the opposite sex when
intern I didn't.
- One day after school,
I had my friend go into
our high school library
to get "People of
Diversity--They can't
hurt you". I was
extremely nervous to take
it out for myself because
I didn't want the
librarian to think I was
different and all. I read
it over and over and
found out a lot of
information that was
taught to me by my
parent's was defiantly
WRONG. The "Hearing
us out" section in
the book showed me that
being GAY, to many,
wasn't WRONG but just
plainly different. When I
started to feel more
comfortable about myself,
opened my horizon to new
possibilities, and
finally realized that
"different"
feeling in its entirety,
I figured out that I
sexually love other guys
(meaning I am GAY). Still
the same guy, as everyone
knows, but wouldn't have
SEX with a girl.
-
- When my mother and I
moved down to our
summerhouse full time in
the July of 1997, I
seeked counseling because
I couldn't handle my
problems anymore by
myself. With my
counselor's help, I came
out of the closet
quickly. I actually blew
the closet door right off
the hinges with the help
of many people. I am
presently associated with
GALA (Gay and Les.
Alliance) in Maryland and
PFLAG (Parents, friends,
and families of Les. and
gays) in Delaware. Just
this past month, I met
the governor and several
high legislators because
I am on a team that is in
the process of developing
a harass-free Delaware. A
law was just passed
recently to protect
individuals from
harassment on grounds of
sexual orientation which
clearly states, if
someone harasses some one
else just because they
are "plain GAY"
, they will go to jail
for up to six months. The
main reason why I fault
for this law was because
most of my life,
mentioned in the
beginning of this, I
wasn't accepted by my
peers and extremely
harassed just because I
was different from them .
I have been through a lot
of heartache and I feel
that no one ELSE should
go through it like I did.
-
- People in general are
nice until they come
across something they
know nothing what so ever
about. I must have found
many of those people
because, boy-o-boy there
are many losers out
there. Just because the
way I say hi or bye, or
just because I like to
hug people sometimes,
they don't like me and
put ME DOWN. They think
I'm TOOO GAY for them
when intern they are
GAYER then ME. I am SO
sick and tired of people
(ding-dongs) thinking
they are better then me.
I'm a person just like
YOU are with FEELINGS!
-
- We don't live in a
society of just blonde
hair, blue eyed people
anyMORE!!!! So, please be
in favor of diversity and
open your mind to the
possibilities that ARE
out there. YOU may
influence a person's life
with out even knowing it.
Shine your LIGHT that GOD
gave you before the
world's darkness drowns
you OUT totally. Who is
more foolish: The child
afraid of the dark? or
the Man afraid of the light?
Don't be afraid,
diversity is a key roll
in our society.
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