graciewacie:

If you didn’t know it before, you know it now: I am an advocate for same-sex marriage. I am also part of the Roman Catholic church. I’m fairly certain that you can see some problems there already.

I grew up pretty much breathing Catholicism. My parents are both Catholic; my…

how can you partake in a religion or faith that is so against your own personal beliefs??

keeping this secret is too much for me to bear. 

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i hope it doesn’t get leaked to my parents before i tell them. i will be mad if that happens.

We have the chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older
We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You’re the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o
We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o

This time, we know we all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing we can make it better
We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You’re the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o
We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, whoa-o-o-o


ooooh We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You’re the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o
We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o (X3)

We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear

THIS SHOULD BE THE LGBTQ ANTHEM

I’m gonna have a meeting with my family, and my friends on december the 19th to come out. My friends are gonna be there for support and for protection. They don’t know what the meeting is about yet. I’m writing a speech. I’m sure i’ll revise it a billion times over inbetween now and then and it’s not even finished yet but here it is so far:

i have an announcement to make. i have come to accept a very important part of myself last month. i have acknowledged and accepted that i am bisexual. this means that i am attracted to both men and women. i want to stress that i am not “gay” (not that here is anything wrong with being gay, i’m just not gay). right now i happen to be more attracted to men then women. 

i’ve always noticed that i look at guys differently than my friends but i’ve always denied that i may be gay or at least bisexual. having to much time to think has forced me to deal with myself for once and this is what has come of it. i accept who i am. i like who i am. the only reason i would want to be “straight” is so that people don’t discriminate against me. this isn’t a “choice,” it’s the way i’m wired; it’s the way i am, and the way i’ll always be. Nothing can change this.

i do not want this to be a big deal. i don’t want to be degraded or lose any respect because of this but i needed to tell you peoples and the general public because keeping a secret the size of saturn is a hard thing to do. Please don’t freak out.

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A gay married couple are challenging the wedding announcement policy of The Dallas Morning News, which refuses to feature same-sex couples in its Weddings section. Dallas couple Mark Reed-Walkup and Dante Walkup were recently married, thanks to Skype and an officiant in Washington, D.C., where same-sex marriage is legal. The Morning News won’t publish their announcement in the Weddings section but has agreed to feature them in its Commitments section. The couple are challenging the paper’s decision by filing a complaint with the city, which bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. 

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