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There are reasons why I dont watch television. One of those reasons would be advertisements.

A specific advertisement comes to mind that I dont like. The Special K ads. The most recent ads have centered on three individuals. A clearly gay man in his late twenties, early thirties, an Asian woman, around the same age, and a very pretty caucasian woman. And usually what happens is Gay Guy and Asian Lady are in the break room/meeting room whatever, snacking on or about to snack on something unhealthy, and Very Pretty Caucasian Woman comes along, and she resists the unhealthy snack in order of a Special K snack, prompting the other two to say something along the lines of "You're so strong!" and generally admire the Very Pretty Caucasian Woman for her healthy lifestyle.

Do you see where I have an issue? I think I was pretty obvious about it.

It isnt the Gay Man or the Asian Lady who are healthy. It's the young, attractive white girl who is the healthy one, who makes the right choices and who is strong. She is the ideal.

Do you see?

This is why I dont watch television.

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I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.

I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.

I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.


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