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Since I was a childlike girl and old enough to understand who I was, I have known discrimination. It hardens your heart and dampens your essence until you conquer the fear. Some don’t make it and commit suicide. To have the media, next of kin, co-workers and friends tell jokes and make hurtful remarks is the vital spark of a GLBT person. Unless you are a person of color, you likely don’t be familiar with what it is like to live a life of separation. As a GLBT person you are not allowed to do essential things like date, or attend the prom. You can’t engage in hands or show affection in public for fear of retribution, or get relationship par, or bring your boyfriend or girlfriend home to meet the parents. If you do, then you imperil abandonment, ridicule, or even physical harm. There are churches who condemn us, and even give someone his us from attending. We are made to seem sub-human, and even demonic. You can’t experience the life you were born to alight….freedom to choose, freedom to live, freedom to link.

Source: Scholars and Rogues