All The Love's About

Awhile back, a student was attacked in a Cal Sate Long Beach bathroom.

About a month ago, two girls were brutally beaten near the campus of Cal State Fullerton.

In the last 5 weeks, there have been a reported 8 suicides due to gender and homosexual bullying.

I have personally met the person who was attacked at Cal State Long Beach, who was attacked merely for being an intersex individual. He was on break from his class when a man in a hoodie shoved him into a stall and carved “IT” into his chest. The student did not know this man, nor did he do anything to deserve this hate crime. That is a dehuminizing act that will literally leave a scar.

The two girls who were beat up near Cal State Fullerton were beat up because they were “lesbian”. To make it more interesting, they weren’t lesbian. Because of these false assumptions and judgment, two innocent girls were beaten to a pulp.

These acts don’t just happen in places like the south or Midwest United States (where people are stereotyped to be small-minded), or in other countries where homosexuality is a crime. It happens here in Southern California. It’s everywhere.

1 in 4 homosexual or intersex individuals commit suicide due to harassment. There is an increase in alcohol and drug abuse amongst homosexual communities.

These numbers can decrease if people put on a “gendered lens”. The choices other people make are not for us to judge or discriminate against.

Last but not least, I’d like to encourage people to stop using “gay” with negative connotation behind it. There are plenty of other words I can supply you with if you’d like.

Live and Let Love.