Coming out

1.) What was a memorable story, quote, or movie you saw?
A memorable quote i saw was from the 15-year old girl from Denton when she said "I asked my dad ' do you think i'm going to hell because im gay' ". This i would never forget because i used to think that being gay only meant you liked and go out with the same sex, but now after hearing her story i think different, its much more deeper than people think. Being gay is something you are, its something that can change people , change the world and change yourself. She felt like what she was, was a bad thing because she was so in touched with god, and she believed that being gay was a sin. After, all her experiences she realized that god would forgive her because thats what she wanted and thats who she was.
A movie i would never forget is about Joel and how she turned herself into a man. This story is memorable because Joel saw a document on transgender people and at that moment he figured that he wanted to live his life as a man. His little brother, constantly asked him if he was a boy or girl and i think that it was hard for him to answer but when he brother gets older he would understand and except him. Joel's experience with his change was actually not that bad because people began to except him right away and call him as he wanted. I think the hardest people to like his change was his parents, and i know this because they didn't call him by Joel but by his female name. However opinated, i believe that Joel is a very brave man to let everyone know who he is and not care what anyone thinks.
A story i think is memorable is the one about how the boy found himself when he was just 6 years old. This was sort of unqiue because the most of the people i know that are gay find out during their teen age years, even though they didnt realize that it was in themselves since probably like birth. Manny was 6 years old, with the attraction to the same sex. He didn't realize what gay meant and after he did, he noticed that that was what he was. His parents didn't except him at first and try to make him change but after a while they realized they couldn't. And the story ended with a happy ending, after all the pain and suffer Manny was finally excepted for who he was and no longer had to hide it. Now, i think its possible to find yourself at any age and you just need to let yourself be because hiding it can be ten times worse then just staying true to yourself.

2.) If you could speak to a group of homophobes, what would you say to them?
I would tell them that its okay to have an opinion, but they shouldn't discriminate against those who like the same sex no matter how much it bothers them. People that are gay, have the same rights as someone who isn't gay. They are regular people, like you and me. Their sexuality doesn't change one bit of personality that they have. Dont judge a book by its cover, take the time to open it up and read it. Some people constantly judge by what they see and miss out on something that is good right in front of them. You have no reason to hate gay people, so don't. Yeah, they are different but everyone's different in their own way but being gay is their difference from everyone else. Except people for who they are and not what you want them to be. Just don't hate someone for what they like, because if it was you, you wouldn't want to be hated. So stop being self-centered and narrow-minded and start seeing things for what they are.