Lesbianisn Is Not A Fucking Pop Song!

Apparently gay is the new black, the new rehab, the new binge drinking. All the celebs are doing it. Guess what, I kissed a girl and I liked it too.

The word gay has been associated with insult for far too long. Gay is not an insult. Being gay doesn't make you special but it doesn't qualify as grounds for derogatory terms either. Being a lesbian does not give people the right to call me names and shrug me off into another stereotype. It does not place a flashing neon sign above my head screaming 'STARE AT ME! I'M A WALKING FREAK SHOW'. Nor does it permit the right to threaten or violate me.

It's the year 2008 and it's hard to believe that homophobia is still such a common thing. The fact that people have been bashed and even killed for being gay is unthinkable. Treating your choice of partner as an inhuman crime that must be corrected or god save us all! I am no different from the rest, I'm human too, I want to love and be loved just like everyone else. I want to marry my sweetheart and start a family too. We want equal rights, without compromise, without shame and without the fucking taboo that so often casts looks of disgust upon us. Our love is just as important as everyone else's. It's just as sacred and just as special.

Why is it that in the 21st century we are still battling with such ignorance and homophobia from all walks of life. Life is hard enough for every single human being already, without feeling the need to apologise for our existence, for our life choices. What happened to acceptance and tolerance? Why are humans so fucking bad to one another when it's all we've got.

I dream of the day when my partner and I can be legally recognised as a couple and granted the same equal rights given to heterosexual couples. The day when I can walk down the street holding my girlfriend's hand and not be stared at. Being gay is not a show, it's not rebellion and it's not wrong. It's life, it's love and it's normal. Accept it.