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I wasn't aware that gays were beat and hung by the hundreds since the 1800's just for being male and the wrong color.
You may have been beaten for being the wrong color.
But gays have been beaten and lynched and mistreated long for their sexuality as well.
Remember Matthew Shepherd? How two straight boys tricked him into thinking they were gay, before they brutally beat him and stuck his dying body on a fence post in the middle of nowhere?
How about Lawrence King? The gay eighth grader who was shot in the head by one of his class mate because he dressed in women's clothes?
Not to mention countless others who have been beaten, taunted, had their name dragged through the mud, been literally dragged through the mud, and murdered because they were gay.
I wasn't aware of gays in public office being chosen LAST after blacks for viable canidates,.. mostly because they can choose to state their sexual orientation or not,... Blacks can't step up and say "I'm white" or "I'm Black".
Yes you are right,.. You don't want to go through who has it worse -
because Gay hasn't lost nearly as many people thru violence, Gay has very rarely been refused service in public places, even today Gays are not penalized in government positions when they come out.
I always SMH sadly when homosexuals try to equivocate Hardships thru sexual preference with Hardships thru being the wrong color.
Sadly because push comes to shove it is so much easier to not appear gay to the ignorant than it is to not appear black.
Peace.
You're right. We have the ability to hide our sexuality if we want to.
But some of us feel like being honest to those around us. Some of us don't like being forced to hide who we are because society says it isn't wright.
When was the last time an African American worked for a company which specifically said that blacks couldn't be employed because of their skin color? When was the last time an African American signed up to defend his or her country, but was told they couldn't do so because they were the wrong color?
When was the last time an African American was arrested simply for being black?
And on that note-- when was the last time a heterosexual African American couple was denied insurance benefits or the ability to adopt a child simply based on skin color?
Because there are companies out there today which specifically state that they cannot hire gays. The US military doesn't let gays serve openly in the military. Up until 2003, it was illegal for two homosexuals to have sex with each other in private in Texas. And today, only a handful of states allow domestic partnership benefits, three states allow civil unions, and one state allows gay marriage. Meanwhile, double the amount of those combined states specifically ban two gays from getting married. And double that amount have provisions which make it difficult or illegal for a gay couple to adopt a child.
You want to talk about injustices in this country, you don't have laws anymore which restricts your ability to live your own life freely. You have ignorant bastards who say hateful things, who deserve to be treated the same way as they treat you. But society has looked down on racists as being unacceptable, haven't they?
What about those who preach out against gays? What are they? They 'just have a different opinion about homosexuality.' That's all.
As for the LBGT community? We have laws which not only forbids us to live openly and freely, but ban us from receiving employment under some circumstances.
So again, don't play the discrimination game with me.
Don't tell me I don't know what it's like to be discriminated against.
Because while I'm not black, I am gay. I don't know what it's like to be discriminated against because I'm black... you don't know what it's like to be discriminated against because you're gay.
End of goddamn story.
