To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away. Show class, have pride, and display character. We can’t choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone. We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. It is not beauty that endears, it’s love that makes us see beauty. It’s not right or wrong, it’s just the way things are!ģ7. Some people are, most people aren’t and nobody really knows why. I’m not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. When you reduce life to black and white, you never see rainbows. The only way to survive is by taking care of one another. Some people say you are going the wrong way, when it’s simply a way of your own. What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains. Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
Being gay isn’t something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it. Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I’ve ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn’t even realized I was carrying. To thrive in life, you need three bones, a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me. I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for every single day. In 1970, the first Gay Pride marches took place in New York, Los. The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them. This year's Pride Month is a particularly somber event, given the recent mass shooting at Pulse, a popular Orlando gay nightclub. If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. To be nobody but yourself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else-means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting. Why are you mad? When you could be GLAAD? – Taylor Swiftġ4. To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it’s gotten me a pretty cool life. After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just trust who you are. Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind. It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. J ust be you, and that's going to be so much better than wishing to be anything else.
The things that make us different, those are our superpowers. You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. These quotes remind and inspire us to continue to be true to who we are and not ashamed of who we love.ġ. We don't take these freedoms for granted and we're grateful for all those who have fought for them. "But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.Every year during Pride, Chia and I are reminded of how lucky we are to have and love one another and to be able to live our lives openly and proudly. "Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws. "The king reflected and said, 'Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?' "While the word was in the king's mouth, a voice came from heaven, saying, 'King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: sovereignty has been removed from you, and you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.' read more.