FML - Your Daily Dose Of Sh!t

LGBTQ+

So, if you didn't already know I identify as bisexual, or if we are being specific, homoflexible. This means that I am bisexual but prefer people of my own gender. This does not make me gay however as I still am interesting in the opposite sex, just less so.

I see a lot of inequality towards the LGBT community, mainly targeted at gays.

My school doesn't like us talking about transgenders, and we don't know why. Recently in my English paper, I linked Shakespeare to audiences and then to transgender. Maybe the school will give me detention but that's pathetic. Giving me a detention for simply mentioning the growing numbers in transgenders globally.

I don't understand why there is so much discrimination towards the LGBTQ community? I also don't understand why we treat certain races differently. They're no different to the rest of us so why?

I don't think you're homophobic, transphobic or xenophobic. You're not scared, you're just an asshole. You don't run screaming at the sight of us.

So what if the Bible says it's a sin? It also views divorce as a sin, but we don't treat that differently, do we?

Why should our skin color determine how we are treated? Our race shouldn't define how all of us are classed. Just because you're Muslim, doesn't mean you're a terrorist. Just because we're Mexican, doesn't mean we're immigrants.

Love is love, no matter what gender.

The fact that love is determined based on what gender you love is sick. You don't choose to be gay, you don't just wake up and suddenly you're gay. That isn't how it works.

I like both genders, as I previously stated, but I prefer females. This doesn't make me gay, I still identify as bisexual.

Transgender people have a large struggle, in my opinion, because all they really want is to be recognized as their preferred gender. I try my best to use the correct pronouns as I don't want to offend them by not. The pressure they are under is immense. They're scared to talk to people about who they identify as because of the consequences.

Parents regularly disown their children for these reasons; being gay, or being transgender. They should be prepared to love their child unconditionally, not kick them out because Tim was born a Tiffany.

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I believe that the representation of races is poorly presented, in the main.

It is generally portrayed as white vs not white, however, it is incredibly more advanced.

I believe that the accurate representation is:

- White

- Black

- West Asian

- South Asian

- Southeast Asian

- East Asian

- Latino

- Indigenous

- Melanesian

- Micronesian

- Polynesian

These aren't the only ones, there are many more that I haven't included.

I also researched some of the various sexualities. There is a wide discussion on what the correct term is, but a few I found were: LGBTQQIP2SAA and LGBTQIAD.

I then proceeded to learn about what each letter stands for:

Lesbian - A woman who is primarily attracted to other women.