People have several turning points in their life. Have you passed that already? Now that I think about it, I have a big turning point in my life… The word LGBTQ has become established worldwide now. I wonder how many people understand the word and the people. First of all, what does LGBTQ stand for? Lesbian A lesbian is a female homosexual: a female who experiences romantic love or sexual attraction to other females. Gay Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. Gay is often used to describe homosexual males but lesbians may also be referred to as gay. Bisexual Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behaviour toward both males and females, or romantic or sexual attraction to people of any sex or gender identity; this latter aspect is sometimes termed pansexuality. Transgender Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. It is sometimes abbreviated to trans. Queer Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities that are not heterosexual or cisgender. Queer was originally used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires but, beginning in the late-1980s, queer scholars and activists began to reclaim the word. Questioning The questioning of one’s gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, or all three is a process of exploration by people who may be unsure, still exploring, and concerned about applying a social label to themselves for various reasons. These information from https://ok2bme.ca/resources/kids-teens/what-does-lgbtq-mean/. If you want to know more about LGBTQ→https://www.wearefamilycharleston.org/lgbt-a-z-glossary/. The reason I am introducing this word is because I am part of the LGBTQ community. I am Transgender. I didn't like my body and voice becoming a girl since I was a child. My body sex is a girl, but my mind sex is a boy, so I am romantically interested in girls. Sometime people think that that is the same as lesbian, because I become like girl as girl's body, but it's totally different. When I was in junior high school, I belonged to the girl 's basketball team. We tell all of things to each other, trusting, going out together, sleepover at weekend, they were unmistakably my best friends. At that time, I fell in love with a girl on the same team. I had no odd feelings that I liked that girl; I didn't even try to hide it. As time goes by, everyone in the team knew that fact. And they began to ignore me and began to do malicious bullying. I didn't know why I was being bullied. Because I fell in love with girl? I wondered at that time, why can’t I fall in love with a girl? Just my body sex is girl, but my mind sex is boy. Is that only reason they bullying me? If so, what is the reason for bullying? If I fell in love with a girl in the form of a girl, did they think that I will become a monster at night or I suddenly lose myself and begin to hurt them? What makes you feel hatred for those people who do not match the mind sex and body sex? Can friendship relations be broken so easily? I couldn’t stop thinking those doubts. From this time I began to think about what is "Real friends". Now that I think about it , that event was definitely a turning point in my life. Every turning point may not be pleasing for your life, but you can definitely change it to a wonderful one. There is no need only one turning point. If you reach the worst turning point, next time you can strive to reach the best turning point. Now, I don't think I have many friends. I never thought of it as embarrassing. Because I can call them my best friend(or real friend) with confidence. My home mother often says this, "There is no need to be can normal person. It's too boring. I like weird. I like the person who are different from other people rather than normal people". Perhaps she may have said this unconsciously, but I have been saved many times in these words. I don't know the definition of real friend. I don’t even want to look for it. No matter how serious, painful or pitiful it is, I call the person real friend who tries to understand and stay with me.
My lesson for you: ・It is better to have fewer real friends than many fake friends. ・People who "just" hang out with you might not be real friends. ・People who fully understand you are rare and precious. Kai I
18 Comments
Marika
10/29/2018 10:37:11 am
I think it was super cool that u talked about this it takes a lot to be open your so brave !
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Connor
10/29/2018 10:37:31 am
I applaud your courage. You are a beautiful person who should surround themselves with people who are going to support you through thick and thin
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Janeva
10/29/2018 10:38:07 am
Thank you for opening up :) As a high school student, it can be difficult to have the courage to share these types of things about yourself. Totally understand where you're coming from with the fake friends situation; the true ones are those that glow!
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Martin
10/29/2018 10:40:31 am
Sorry for your experience in junior high school, and thanks for letting us understand more about you and the LGBTQ community.
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Jack
10/29/2018 10:40:53 am
Very interesting blog, its hard for people to open up about such a personal topic and i appreciate you doing that.
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Georgia
10/29/2018 10:42:37 am
I really liked reading this blog! You addressed some difficult topics to talk about and specifically what you had to go through, I think you're very brave for writing this blog. My favourite part was right at the end when you said that it's better to have fewer real friends than many fake friends, because I definitely agree and personally chose to live that way. Nice job!
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matthew
10/29/2018 10:44:13 am
this is truly a great post. I think its amazing that you are able to share all this with us and help others to better understand how society effects peoples lives, especially those who are called "different". You told your story in a way that many will be able to relate to and understand from their own life experiences. I totally agree with you statement that is better to have fewer friends that are true friends rather then a bunch of "fake" friends.
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jacob
10/29/2018 10:44:24 am
I cant exactly relate to all this however its very intriguing how you decided to share this story of yours with us all, it takes a lot of courage to tell a story like that, I admire you for this and it must have been rough losing one of your good friends because they didn't accept who you really were.
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Kassidy
10/29/2018 10:45:10 am
I think its really brave of you for opening up, and what you said is true only real friends stay by your side through everything.
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vicky
10/29/2018 10:46:13 am
I love this blog!! I love how you write about your feelings and that you try to describe how you felt so we can understand you. Your self confidence really makes me look up to you ;)
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Anna Robinson
10/29/2018 10:47:46 am
I really thank you for sharing a bit of who you are, to us. That can be really difficult fpr some to write about, and you talking about this shows us all your bravery and power.
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Maiko
10/29/2018 10:50:41 am
Thank you for sharing your story here and this blog reminds me to think LGBTQ and understand them more.
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emily
10/29/2018 10:51:32 am
wow thank you so much for sharing. it takes a great deal of confidence to open up about such a significant part of your life that has caused you trouble in the past. you are always accepted and welcome to be who you are here, never forget that!!
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Jake
10/29/2018 10:52:15 am
It takes a lot of courage to write something so personal and I applaud you for it. It is great that you have the confidence to put yourself out there like this.
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Kat
10/29/2018 10:56:42 am
Kai, this might have been a hard thing for you to share with the class but I think it's really awesome of you to write about and I'm proud of you. I also completely agree with you about how it's hard to find real true friends and how having a few closer ones is much better than many that don't really understand you very well.
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hayley
10/29/2018 10:58:30 am
i'm glad you have the courage to open up and tell such a personnel story and learning that your friends are fake is so hard, especially since you where younger. you seem to have a very good understanding of what true friendship is and you expressed this very well in your story. i also agree, it's much better to have few really good friends than many fake friends.
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Dianna
9/12/2019 11:26:06 am
It is ok to love people for who they are no matter gender you should feel comfortable sexuality it really is ok to like the same sex as you
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Luis
9/16/2022 02:20:34 pm
It is very brave to tell such a story in a public place, I could really understand your situation.
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