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 one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
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 paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual. (yes, this actually happened: http://www.gendernet.org/quill/pr000004.htm)
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t 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 man who was refused medical treatment because I used to be a woman. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0276515/)
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
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-side note
i got this through one of the blogs while blog hopping. it's worth sharing.
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i'm out to set my mark in the telemarketing world, that's if if i get the job.
interview at ten tomorrow. crosses everything that can be crossed.(:
i just realised that anugerah is a lame popularity contest, but there are some fine boys in there. went to kl over the weekend with mom and the neighbours, had a nice time shopping and wondering and the hotel was gorgeous. if i have the cash, i'll go there every weekend to absorb the atmosphere. weird to think that kl actually beats orchard in terms of hanging out. outdoor dining at its finest with so many people to look at. yum.
interview at ten tomorrow. crosses everything that can be crossed.(:
i just realised that anugerah is a lame popularity contest, but there are some fine boys in there. went to kl over the weekend with mom and the neighbours, had a nice time shopping and wondering and the hotel was gorgeous. if i have the cash, i'll go there every weekend to absorb the atmosphere. weird to think that kl actually beats orchard in terms of hanging out. outdoor dining at its finest with so many people to look at. yum.
14.9.05
108
sometimes thoughts will just pop into my head randomly. and with my mp3 plugged in, i tend to stone and just listen to the music, not really paying attention to my surroundings, till i feel this weird sense of i'm not there, i'm looking at myself walking. and i'd snap back into reality. mom said she saw someone in my room when i was out sweeping the hallway. i feel, safe.
he longs so badly to be loved and to love. what he does not know is that, there is someone waiting, to do just that.
he longs so badly to be loved and to love. what he does not know is that, there is someone waiting, to do just that.
6.9.05
107
ended the paper 45 minutes after it started. sitting at the bus stop during lazy afternoons is love. for once, the place was not crowded nor noisy.
walked around with this feeling of dread. though i know that something bad will not happen, it still does not fail to alarm me. ess graph is cheering me up and then med soc had to happen to turn my (: into ):
walked around with this feeling of dread. though i know that something bad will not happen, it still does not fail to alarm me. ess graph is cheering me up and then med soc had to happen to turn my (: into ):
5.9.05
106
i just realised that i got my core product all fucked up. i was suppose to talk about the objectives of the product, but i went on and on and on about imc and my marketing mix. at least i got my augmented and tangible thing right. but i did not know how to answer the challenges of marketing a service. sigh. not all is going well in my world right now. ess graph tomorrow and then med soc. i just hope hope hope and hope that i would not have to sit for supp paper.
please.
please.
4.9.05
105
i had this horrible dream where i had to do my ess graph exams on a tourist bus. the exam was suppose to end at twelve and i only did it at eleven. i was busy scribbling my answers in a torn and tattered textbook.
sigh
something happened that left me with a very nice warm feeling in my tummy.
((:
sigh
something happened that left me with a very nice warm feeling in my tummy.
((:
3.9.05
104
and a happy birthday to me. seventeen, at last.
today was spent with wanqi. <3>their birthday. i am that bad at remembering birthdays, but i'm glad they remembered mine though. have to make an attempt at remembering. /:
i dreamt of the pretty boy with gorgeous hair.
we were at this lift landing and i remembered being so sad and disappointed that he forgot my birthday. and he did. but i kind of expected it though. oh wells.
walking to my grandma's place today, i suddenly missed my skater boy real bad. though the feeling does not happen often, i always think, what if? but i know that in the end, it would all be the same. i'll be bored by him and things will go nowhere.but at least he was there.
i hope he knows that i can only like him as a friend. i hope he stops with the pet names, though it has been ages since someone has called me sweetie. reminds me of the time long forgotten, of grey shirts and mrt stations.
i cant believe the distance that we walked today. i feel as though my legs are going to drop off any moment now.
today was spent with wanqi. <3>their birthday. i am that bad at remembering birthdays, but i'm glad they remembered mine though. have to make an attempt at remembering. /:
i dreamt of the pretty boy with gorgeous hair.
we were at this lift landing and i remembered being so sad and disappointed that he forgot my birthday. and he did. but i kind of expected it though. oh wells.
walking to my grandma's place today, i suddenly missed my skater boy real bad. though the feeling does not happen often, i always think, what if? but i know that in the end, it would all be the same. i'll be bored by him and things will go nowhere.but at least he was there.
i hope he knows that i can only like him as a friend. i hope he stops with the pet names, though it has been ages since someone has called me sweetie. reminds me of the time long forgotten, of grey shirts and mrt stations.
i cant believe the distance that we walked today. i feel as though my legs are going to drop off any moment now.
2.9.05
103
oh great.
like my day can't get any better.
found out that i got a c for marketing, a c for med soc and god knows what i would get for ess graph and journalism and graph design fundamental.
average of a c is bad.
but it's just first sem first year right?
-sigh.
on a brighter note, the weather todays is soothing. being alone at home during a thunderstorm is love.have to cancel my date with wan qi tomorrow to mug, since i am completely useless during afternoons.
what a way to spend my saturday. and birthday.
like my day can't get any better.
found out that i got a c for marketing, a c for med soc and god knows what i would get for ess graph and journalism and graph design fundamental.
average of a c is bad.
but it's just first sem first year right?
-sigh.
on a brighter note, the weather todays is soothing. being alone at home during a thunderstorm is love.have to cancel my date with wan qi tomorrow to mug, since i am completely useless during afternoons.
what a way to spend my saturday. and birthday.
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