Really. It is.
If you use your Bible as your excuse for saying it is not OK, please re-learn what you were taught. The scriptures you quote are out of context. The language you read is historical and has alternate meanings to how we use the words today.
Really. It is.
Please teach your children that all people are OK. No matter your orientation (religious, cultural, sexual, political, physical), we must all show our children with our words and our actions that everyone is OK.
This is my cause.
I want my children and all children in my life to know that Gay is OK. I want them to know that ALL rainbows are beautiful.
I’m scared and devastated by the number of teenage suicides being reported just in the last week alone. My heart is broken for their mothers, father, siblings, family, friends.
Gay and lesbian people are 3-7 times more likely to attempt suicide.
Gay is OK.
Homosexuals are not an “other.”*
Gay is OK.
Really. It is.
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Some of my friends are talking about The Gay and/or The Bullying
(If you’d like to be included, please comment or email or Twitter me and I’ll link you up here.)
Cornfield Queer (apparently he’s really cute. yes, he made me say that.)
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I created a Facebook page to help spread the love and information. Please to be liking: http://facebook.com/GayIsReallyOK
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For more information about what is going on with our younger generation:
PFLAG: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Soulforce – for Christians questioning the teachings of homosexuality in the Bible
Education.com – 10 ways parents can help stop bullying
*(quoted from) Watch For the Bible Tells Me SO
Watch this powerful message from Ellen Degeneres about ending teenage bullying
Bullied by Gays – Not really informational, but eye-opening
Copy this badge is you want it for your site or Facebook page. Please link it to the HRC or the site of your choosing.
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Making me cry, making me cry. Dammit! xoxo
stop! only gay people cry.
oh, wait.
An Awesome post on Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing]´s blog … Gay is OK
i just totally loled really hard.
True, we set all of the cool trends!
I already loved this post. Then I read this reply and inhaled my uvula. HA! Sunday it is, love. xo
Love, love, love this.
It’s so, so, so OK. And the recent events are so, so, so frightening.
Amazing. Please keep spreading this message. I do not even have words for what is going on lately. Actually, its not what is going on lately, it is what is being publicized lately because this happens way too often. I like to think that maybe we need to stop focusing on how horrible hate is and teach kids and each other how amazing love, ALL love is, and spend more time teaching them how to do it. By example.
this is one thing i can truly say i’m setting a good example by for my kids.
cleaning? no.
hooray for gay? yes.
PERFECT!! Love it.
I. Heart. This. Post.
An Awesome post on Mommy Boots´s blog … Fridays of Yore
Amen. I plan to write a blog post later tonight/this weekend about this subject. Do you mind me sharing a link to this post?
of course! please do!
Thank you for writing this post. This has become an epidemic and we need to create a more accepting society. Thanks for putting into words what I (and I hope) many other people have been feeling.
Two thumbs up! Great post!
Fabulous post. Thank you.
I couldn’t agree more with this post.
An Awesome post on Barbara´s blog … Lego’s Business Cards
Best post of the day!
An Awesome post on toywithme´s blog … Christine O’Donnell – For The People- By The People
I am right there with you. It is OK. Really. Gays are not minorities strkicken with leprosy. I promise. I am just as “normal” as the next person. I am simply grief-stricken by the posts in the news lately about the suicides. It is heartbreaking.
Thank you for this post.
Well said. The rash of suicides this week is just alarming. How do we teach them without making too much of an issue of it though? That’s the problem I keep running into.
Making what too much of an issue? I don’t know what you mean….elaborate, please?
You mean about talking about how gay is ok? Easy, you tell them to be accepting of everyone, pop through the examples – religion, skin, etc – how people are all people, no matter what. You do it in the same way you told about strangers and calling 911 – you choke down your feelings, approach it matter of factly and be ready for questions.
An Awesome post on pgoodness´s blog … It’s the moments
yes yes and yes.
An Awesome post on nic @mybottlesup´s blog … his own voice
Oh, I wish this was required reading. I wish that everyone felt the same way.
An Awesome post on Lisa´s blog … Maya’s 1st Real Haircut
YES. yes it should be. because I wrote it.
neener.
and thanks
This might be a reason to teach your kids that gay is OK that you never thought of. Gay people often realize their sexual identity when they are teen-agers. If you raise your child to be accepting of others, he/she will not hesitate to inform you if they are gay and will be all the stronger for it.
Thank you for these links. I’m sure you are helping a lot of people.
thanks – i hope so
It breaks my heart when I hear about these kids and young adults driven to suicide. Breaks. My. Heart.
These young people are so close in age to my own children. I cannot imagine what their parents are going through.
An Awesome post on Tara R.´s blog … Saving Second Base
Love lovity love this. Keep on keepin’ on!
I’ve been a reader for a little while but have never commented. I just needed to say thank you for this post! It made me tear up at the emotions behind the whole subject and also reminded me that even though my kids are really young its never too early to teach them, Gay is OK.
THANK YOU!
An Awesome post on krystal´s blog … krisy0987- @bree-marchelle i hate when that happens! get your hopes all up just to have them crushed- bummer
it’s a requirement to comment.
neener.
YES
Just
YES.
An Awesome post on alimartell´s blog … Sometimes I Send You Elsewhere Because I can
Rock on with your bad self! Love it!
Best,
Tina
Beautifully written!
Hey, mine is mostly just a bunch of links (including back to you!) but you’re welcome to add me to the linky!
http://pgoodness.com/2010/10/01/gay/
I never understood why nobody ever thought Ruth and Naomi in the Bible were gay. All that “Wither thou goest, I go too,” shows up in a million wedding ceremonies as a declaration of true love, but nobody really talks about how it was said from one woman to another.
It’s really sad that the first kid’s claim to fame is that he started a trend that others felt the need to follow. The fact that anyone feels the need to kill themself because he or she thinks the world would be better without them is ludicrous. It’s even sadder that these kids had no one in their lives to make them feel important. I’m fortunate to have found out that I have — and apparently had — a strong support system of friends and family who accept me for who I am despite what I am. I’m even more fortunate that I didn’t take that opportunity to find out away from myself. Besides, didn’t you know? Gay is the new black!
i’m still waiting for fat to be the new black.
Can we take out the “despite what I am” part? You, everyone, deserves support and love. Period.
An Awesome post on Zoeyjane´s blog … Day 8 – Shit
My 2 oldest children were victims of bullying. my daughter only in for a brief moment in a middle school situation with a team of girls that mounted to a racial situation called “cracker day”. She bore tennis shoe marks on her neck and her mouth and hair was spit in every day for a week, while her clothes were ripped. Zero tolerance and security officers do nothing. However pissed off parents telling the principal their daughter will be fully supported in defending herself should she not be protected did. Our son, I can barely speak of it. 3 suicide attempts, teachers participated. There was no safe haven for him anywhere. His disabilities and social awkwardness made him a target. He survived school, barely. But I am not sure what the real world will treat him like. Our youngest, the super hero, the protector, the popular kid that stops the bullies, by saying hey man, not cool, or, sure you can sit here, pull up a chair. I would like to think he will stay this way, and that in some small way he can prevent others from feeling the pain his older siblings suffered before him. You don’t have to be gay to be bullied, just different.
How many young people have to deliberately take their lives because they did not think there was any alternative before people will stop treating “differences” as if they were some diseases? I am frustrated to no end. And there ARE people who are not affected by these tragedies. It sickens me.
This is wonderful. Wonderful. By the way, I might think this is wonderful. Just sayin’.
An Awesome post on Wicked Shawn´s blog … A Little Too Casual With The Diagnosis
Gay is definatley okay! And shame on anyone who says it isn’t!
An Awesome post on Harriet´s blog … HTC Desire HD
YES THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS AND YOU ROCK!!! I need to get a post together. I am so so OVER hate. Just totally and completely done with it.
An Awesome post on Caroline aka Morningside Mom´s blog … Type A Mom Conference 2010- Stating the Obvious
It’s sad that we even have to have this discussion. I can’t understand why people teach hate. Thank you for sharing us with this today – and certainly support HRC.
We watched For the Bible Tells Me So, and the whole time we were wishing we could make our parents sit down and watch it. Watch it with open hearts and minds. And I wish I could pass this post along to my mother, since she feels she needs to pass along every Christian-right-wing-liberalismiskillingJesus-gaysaredangerous propaganda she receives. I delete them all. And I never send her any of my “messages” in return. Because I know she will not receive them with an open mind. That she will think I am misguided. And I have “forgotten” what the Bible says. Sigh.
An Awesome post on The Sweetest´s blog … Every Day Is a Fresh Start
You have a fantastic number of people that read your site every day. I’m proud to be a reader – and to read that you use your site not only to chronicle the crazy life you lead, but to support this cause. It is one close to my heart, and I love that you’ve taken the time to spread the message. Thank you!
An Awesome post on Cort (Modern Super Momma)´s blog … I just lived a nightmare
I seriously thank *someone* everyday for the fact that where we live, in our neighbourhood, this post isn’t necessary. Gay isn’t even a question here, to my kid, to anyone else that lives around these 20-30 blocks. Love is love. That’s all we all need.
An Awesome post on Zoeyjane´s blog … Day 8 – Shit
I’ve posted a badge on my site, even though I swore I would be badge free. But this is one that is near and dear to my heart. In my line of work I deal with a lot of guilt stemming from sexual orientation and it’s so very sad. I’ve seen married men who have spent their entire lives covering up “the real them.”
The more we talk about this, HOPEFULLY the more accepting teenagers (and their parents) will be. I’m so very VERY happy for TV shows like Modern Family who push boundaries and address the family dynamics of accepting The Gays. And kudo’s to them for last weeks episode – The Kiss. I think it may have been the first time two men have kissed on Prime Time. And they did it in a wonderfully subdued way.
hip hip, hooorGAY!
You done good, girl. It’s the RIGHT way to be, dammit! Anyone who can’t se this is soulless. For reals.
An Awesome post on Grumble Girl´s blog … Little Girl
So awesome! Love it & bravo to you for writing this great post
Yes, YES Gay IS OK. I am bookmarking this post forever. And eventually will write my own when my life calms down (I promise!). Thank you thank you thank you.
An Awesome post on Amy´s blog … Get Writin’
Perfection.
An Awesome post on Angela´s blog … Sidney Bono Yoda Apples
Thanks, Angie! you inspired me
http://mamikaze.com/dont-let-the-bullies-win/
An Awesome post on mamikaze´s blog … Don’t let the bullies win
Gay is ok and thank you for posting acceptance.
Augh. *HUG*
An Awesome post on Maria´s blog … Textured
You are okay yourself lady.
Gah, doesn’t it kill you to have to write this? Imagine a post called Blacks are okay?
One step at a time.
An Awesome post on Mom101´s blog … Trying to talk about Cancer above a whisper
And 60 years ago… “Women are OK.”
We’ve come a long way, but there’s so much more to be done.
And we will do it all with MARGARITAS and HUNKY MAN-BEASTS!
This news, these stories of suicide brought me back to high school when I heard a very true, very heartbreaking story that changed me forever. I made it a mission then to change the face of our school. Today, thanks to your reminder, I resume that commitment. Because none of these young people should have died in vain. May we all learn, step up and do something to affect a positive change. Thank you for your part.
Thank you for this post. I. Love. It.
Great post Angie. It restored my faith in humanity a little bit!
I remember having a huge fight with my parents when I was in school about gay being ok. Thankfully, they came around years ago. I hope by the time my kids are adults, this kind of BS will be something they aren’t even able to wrap their heads around, the same way I can’t wrap my head around segregation and race wars from my parents generation. And holy crap I know a lot of people here! Hey y’all!
Yes. I am super sexy.
Thanks for the link up baby. /lick
you’re a lesbian now?
Apparently I need to write my own post because this stuff is coming at me from all directions lately. I got tweeted at by strangers yesterday because I support anti-bullying. I don’t have friends or family that are gay and out (in the closet I have no idea, I have no gaydar), but to me this is something I have to stand up and be vocal about. If you are going to tell LGBT people that they aren’t good enough and can’t get married, then next you are going to tell my son with Down syndrome that he’s not good enough and can’t get married. I’m standing shoulder-to-shoulder with mamas of LGBT people and with LGBT people themselves to fight for LGBT rights because I’m not going to wait for Them to come for my son before I speak up.
Yeah, so that’s a summary of the post I’m gonna write someday. Today I’m eating cereal in bed because it’s my birthday.
An Awesome post on KYouell´s blog … Let the Homeschooling Begin!
happy birthday!
and yes, unfortunately, if they will want to stop gays from marrying, why wouldn’t they stop there? it’s maddening.
Gay is OK – thanks for spreading this important message!
An Awesome post on BLOGitse´s blog … say MUIKKU!
One love: universal love, respect, and compassion expressed by all people for all people, regardless of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, or you name it. One love!
Thank you for the great post.
This post is awesome. Please read my daughter’s recent blog post for another take on this whole situation….. http://thedelusional.blogspot.com/2010/10/kicking-down-door.html
An Awesome post on Tracy DeLuca´s blog … Back to work
how the HELL did i JUST find this?!?!?! i LOVE it, and it’s goin up on my site!!!! in fact…. i once represented the gay/straight club at my college… and yeah i’m straight but who gives a fuk right? LOVE IT!!! yer awesome!!
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