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When a girl tells a boy she is in love with him,
everyone agrees it is sweet and pure,
but when one girl does the same to another,
it is suddenly impure, they say.
To them, the girls drip with sin,
they want their attraction altered,
to cater towards their comfort.
When a guy kisses his girlfriend,
it is loving, and adoring,
met with coos and squeals,
but when a guy kisses his boyfriend,
it is disgusting.
They call it sodomy,
lustful,
and unnatural.
When a man proposes to a woman,
it is heartwarming, and encouraged
by loud cheers and clapping,
but when a woman buys a ring
to propose to the love of her life,
who is a woman, as well,
it becomes immoral.
They say it's against religion,
that it infringes upon their comfort,
excusing their hatred under a guise,
of religion,
and misinterpreted verses,
and wish to ban the legality,
of marriage between two men,
and of between two women.
What they do not realize,
is the full definition of romantic love,
that the genders are no boundaries,
that two women's love are the same
as a man and a woman's,
and that two men's marriage,
is as valid as a man and a woman's.
Homophobes impose intolerance,
upon the rest.
They do not wish to listen,
and cover their eyes with blindfolds.
Let us all hope they cease,
depriving themselves of their senses,
and take the true meaning of love into consideration.
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masterball2 [2023-04-12 22:46:02 +0000 UTC]
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GlowingWords In reply to TheDespisedOnOne [2018-07-01 15:23:25 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!!
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humble-abode [2017-06-02 12:46:44 +0000 UTC]
This really helped me on a personal level <3
I'm pansexual and if my parents ever found out, they said they'd disown me and leave me on the streets
A 14 year old child
Just kicked out because of something he was born with?
I wish people would be more compassionate and less fearful of things they don't understand
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AdrubbAdventures In reply to humble-abode [2021-07-21 00:56:41 +0000 UTC]
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Gazoxgrl In reply to AdrubbAdventures [2025-05-07 11:39:46 +0000 UTC]
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GlowingWords In reply to humble-abode [2017-06-03 18:04:12 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad my poem helped you!
I'm sorry about your situation though ;n;
And yeah, I wish people would be more merciful and would take the time to understand instead of being cowards and shunning us.
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Burgerkingwhopper [2016-12-16 02:41:30 +0000 UTC]
This is a great and important writing!!!
Love has no boundary
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GlowingWords In reply to Burgerkingwhopper [2016-12-17 15:42:24 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!! And yeah, what matters is that happy people are in love!
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Pencilartguy [2016-12-11 12:54:08 +0000 UTC]
A lot of what I have seen in this poem isn't totally accurate. Culture has denigrated straight relationships, reducing men who like girls as either rapists or part of some "patriarchy" (or both) while celebrating gay-marriage in mainstream media. Straight marriage has been reduced to a binding contracting that people engage in once they have given up on fun and adventure. Gay marriage on the other hand is praised wit higher esteem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afu1Rwβ¦
I don't see how people who hold religious views are misinterpreting their verses. I need to ask, if a law says stealing is a crime, would we apply misinterpreting the law to excuse the thief?
I also need to ask, when someone who owns a private business loses their business because they don't want to bake a cake for a gay wedding, aren't the gay couple who ruined the bakers lives guilty of intolerance?
Look, I can see where you are coming from. Gays have been unfairly targeted before and I sincerely doubt Mike Pence's proposal of electrocution would "cure" them (assuming the rumors he supports that are true). I actually have hadΒ bisexual attractions since my teensΒ but I choose not to date men nor would I have sex with a woman before marriage. That said, I think this poem is rather unfair.Β Maybe it's just me but it almostΒ gives the impression that religious people are hateful swamp donkeys who just want to bully gay people.
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GlowingWords In reply to Pencilartguy [2016-12-17 16:10:30 +0000 UTC]
Actually, it's the other way around - straight couples are celebrated, are seen as perfectly fine and good, but a lot of people are not tolerant of LGBT people. We still get shunned, we still get seen as disgusting, etc.
And what I mean is, that there are people who will twist religion around to make it sound homophobic. Not all religious people are homophobic, however, plus, considering the fact that there are religious LGBT people as well (Heck, I even found a video made by a Jewish orthodox lesbian who talked about coming out!) This poem was definitely not supposed to be a bash on religious people, but critical of religious people who will use their religion as an attempt to justify their homophobia (which not all religious people do)
If a private business loses their business because they didn't way to bake a wedding cake for a same-gender couple, honestly, that was not on the couple's part - a lot of people would refuse to buy from a bakery that wouldn't be willing to bake wedding cakes for same-gender couples. Really, it was on their part anyhow, because they made the decision that ultimately lost them their business. No one forced them to do anything, so there's really no blaming the couple.
Although, honestly, if I would have been in such a scenario, I would have just decided to turn to another bakery, because I personally wouldn't see the point in picking a fight to get homophobes to bake a wedding cake, when I could find other bakeries who would be happy to do the job instead.
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GlowingWords In reply to TheDarkPhoenixQueen [2016-12-07 19:07:59 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!!
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tora-no-shi1369 [2016-12-06 13:58:20 +0000 UTC]
I have relatives that are gay. I openly support them. There is nothing wrong or immoral about it.
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GlowingWords In reply to tora-no-shi1369 [2016-12-07 19:08:28 +0000 UTC]
I'm so glad to hear that!!
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MeinVatiKomplex [2016-12-05 15:06:04 +0000 UTC]
Lmao all the homophobes in the comments being offended because there's a poem calling them out on their shit. "I'm offended that you don't respect that I disrespect you!"lo0l
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GlowingWords In reply to MeinVatiKomplex [2016-12-07 19:09:29 +0000 UTC]
You summed it up really well.
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GoneOverWolf [2016-12-05 06:43:02 +0000 UTC]
My best friend is Pansexual, and while her parents have supported her completely, when I came out to my own mother as Bisexual at fourteen, she was completely intolerant of it. So I feel this on a bone-deep level. It was beautiful <3
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GlowingWords In reply to GoneOverWolf [2016-12-07 19:09:10 +0000 UTC]
Oh no, I'm sorry to hear about the kind of reaction you received ;n;
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GoneOverWolf In reply to GlowingWords [2017-01-06 20:22:33 +0000 UTC]
Same >__> It was . . . hard. But me and my mom are still on a REALLY good basis. She's become much more open-minded since then but . . . she's still really reluctant to accept it.
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GlowingWords In reply to GoneOverWolf [2017-01-07 15:52:17 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad you're both on a really good basis, and it's good to hear she's become more open-minded, but I'm sure she'll accept it someday!
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GoneOverWolf In reply to GlowingWords [2017-01-08 01:50:47 +0000 UTC]
Thank you <3 I hope so !! Your poem really hit home >__> I hope you don't have to deal with it much in your life. It is unpleasant. To say the least.
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kiwipom1965 [2016-12-05 02:10:47 +0000 UTC]
I've met homophobes, and had in depth conversations with some. It's my opinion that a large majority used religion for their views against homosexuality. Β It has proven with 5 homophobes that they were at that time worried and uncomfortable with their own sexuality than they were with those they shunned and abused. Β these five, 4 male 1 female, ( not that that matters), are in fact homosexual. 2 have found their true love and are now married and 1 other is in a relationship. The other 2 are playing the field.Β
In short. If someone is homophobic, Β sit down. reassess yourself. Are you really angry with those you target? are you sure heterosexuality is for you? You could be homosexual yourself and only your subconscious realizes it. Β Relax and let the love flow. Β Me personally, I am bisexual. I love male and females.
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GlowingWords In reply to kiwipom1965 [2016-12-07 19:12:48 +0000 UTC]
Well-said! Sadly, a lot of homophobic people hold their beliefs based on religious beliefs. And when it's an LGBT person holding those beliefs themselves, it can be damaging to themselves. It can lead them into depression, guilt, shame, etc. That's one of the harms of homophobia being spread around like a virus, because then the people who are viewed in such a negative way (LGBT people) will be placed in a really bad mental position.
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TrueFanFiction [2016-12-05 00:17:55 +0000 UTC]
unfortunately, everybody gets persecution. It won't end but doesn't stop you from expressing yourself either. It's a lot like racism, you hope for a day it will end but, at the same time it's been more then two thousand years and it's still here.
Sorry for pessimism, but what I'm basically saying is you be you, other people are other people. Either own it in spite of persecution or don't it's all on you.
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GlowingWords In reply to TrueFanFiction [2016-12-07 19:15:49 +0000 UTC]
Unfortunately, society is slow when it comes to progressing when it comes to topics like these, and it will take a long while until being gay is totally accepted. I still think it's important to spread the message though, to persuade as many people as possible. The more people are persuaded, the more people will be raised to be accepting, and then homophobia can be wiped out.
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JohnnyHorse [2016-12-04 22:52:46 +0000 UTC]
As a straight guy, I can say that this is incorrect accusation about many people. If we simply don't like another's lifestyle, we shouldn't have to change ourselves. I personally would never wish to be in a gay relationship, and I technically would prefer for couples (same sex or not) to not go kissing each other in private. There are many who simply grew up not being around same sex couples. Is it wrong to say they may feel uncomfortable?
Now, don't get me wrong, I understand this message you're putting forth here, but this raises the question of what makes defines being a homophobe? If someone says to them, it's unnatural, is he hateful? I genuinely think this is a good message, but the overall vagueness of it leaves me unable to appreciate it.
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GlowingWords In reply to JohnnyHorse [2016-12-07 19:21:33 +0000 UTC]
Well, if a person doesn't appreciate seeing others kiss, regardless of gender, I wouldn't say it's homophobia, because those kids of feelings are directed towards people who are kissing in public, not gay people specifically.
As for people who weren't raised in an area with gay couples, it would be normal for them to be surprised or confused when seeing a gay couple, because they never got to see couples of people of the same gender. But what wouldn't be normal is whenever they say "ew that's disgusting", "that's unnatural", etc. That's pretty much a red flag that indicates that they were raised to believe in such things, or were somehow exposed to or taught those beliefs, somewhere (for example hearing such things at school, from friends, etc.)
To say, homophobia is pretty much any kins of sentiment that will put gay people's attraction down, such as "being gay is unnatural."
See, those kinds of beliefs are what gets same-gender attracted people persecuted in the first place, because it was those beliefs that were the motivator of the persecution.
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JohnnyHorse In reply to GlowingWords [2016-12-08 00:29:11 +0000 UTC]
However, if someone who's not raised around gays, but they're never really told that they're bad says that it's unnatural for them to see a gay couple, does something like that fall under the red flag? I mean, it feels that even something like that can be mistaken as bigotry. I've personally been shamed for not agreeing with a transexual and saying that transexualism is weird to me. I don't hate trans people, and I wasn't oppressing this person, but would something such as that fall as hatred and bigotry?
(Just to put this out, I'm not too much a fan of political correctness, so if I do get abrasive, excuse me.)
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GlowingWords In reply to JohnnyHorse [2016-12-14 07:57:48 +0000 UTC]
See, if a straight person is not raised around gay people, (which I find to be a better term for use rathern than saying gays), but was not raised to hold anti-LGBT sentiments, and they're very confused and don't understand it, that's a different thing. Because, they wouldn't start saying they'd go to hell, and they wouldn't say it's bad because "god said so". Confusion is a normal reaction, if said straight person has not been around gay people, nor seen anything LGBT-related in the media. I doubt that if they weren't raised to have anti-LGBT views they'd be repulsed and disgusted.
Though honestly, I don't think that condemning sentiments such as "being gay is unnatural", "God is against gay marriage so gay people shouldn't be able to get married", etc, is not a matter of political correctness, but just more about a matter of respect towards those who experience same-gender attraction.
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noarnoars [2016-12-04 22:29:08 +0000 UTC]
This is so inspiring. I'm a homosexual woman, and this made me cry. This is the best poem ever. Homophobes are the sinful ones, critizising God's creation. Homophobes need to read this poem. They need to change.
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GlowingWords In reply to noarnoars [2016-12-07 19:22:42 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much!! I'm really glad my poem reasonated with you.
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pokersh [2016-12-04 15:14:04 +0000 UTC]
This poem is really good. My only issue is that not many people object to homophobia anymore. I've never met anyone who says's it's immoral and I live around a shit load of ChristiansΒ who love gay people.Β
It's only really the minority who think being gay is a crime in the western world. And I know kids joke around and call each =voer gay, but that's only a joke; my bi sister says the word gay a lot as a joke.
But still I think this poem is really sweet, and I completely understand the message.
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GlowingWords In reply to pokersh [2016-12-04 15:23:51 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
Though in some areas, it looks more accepting - but it's still a big problem in society, for example, there are still teens who get kicked out or abused by their parents when coming out to them, there are people who will still say disrespectful things to LGBT people, etc, etc. There are still plenty of people who treat being gay like it's immoral, but it seems you're fortunate enough to live in a more accepting area :0
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pokersh In reply to GlowingWords [2016-12-04 15:33:53 +0000 UTC]
Well, my mother wouldn't have adopted me if I was black. And she thinks being gay is a phase and disgusting. It's only really the older generation that thinks that.Β
Sorry for not really hiding some personal stuff. I don't live in America though so I can't talk for that part of the world. But my society as a whole throughout my country is very very accepting.
And If anybody calls say a gay person a faggot, people just need to grow a thicker skin. It's part of growing up and maturing.
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GlowingWords In reply to pokersh [2016-12-04 15:49:32 +0000 UTC]
I do realize that it's especially the older generation that does have a problem, I will acknowledge that.
But the thing is, youth still get encouraged by that generation to hold the same homophobic mindset, which will contribute to the cycle of homophobia.
As for the f slur, it's much more of a matter of sensitivity, it's a matter of the fact that it's a word that has been used to hurt and dehumanize gay men, and therefore if a gay man is called the f slur, then it's definitely understandable that he'd have a hard time dealing with being called a slur that was used to hurt people like him. Really, in a way, anyone who calls someone the f slur, they're the ones who need to grow up and mature, because they're throwing around a word that has been used violently like it's nothing more than just a word.
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Sokogeki In reply to GlowingWords [2016-12-04 22:26:44 +0000 UTC]
"they're throwing around a word that has been used violently like it's nothing more than just a word."
It is just a word. Stop applying some special meaning to it. "Faggot" and many other words constantly change definition and usage (by which I mean context) throughout their history, faggot, on average, is no more likely to be homophobic than "bitch" is to be sexist.
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GlowingWords In reply to Sokogeki [2016-12-07 19:07:29 +0000 UTC]
In a way, saying that the f slur is just a word and nothing more, is like saying that a bully who says mean things to their victim, is saying just mere words that don't mean anything.
And it's not just that, but it's the kind of context the slur is still used in. It's used as an insult, as an expression of disgust towards someone who is gay. It's outright bullying.
That's what makes it so harmful.
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Sokogeki In reply to GlowingWords [2016-12-08 04:59:58 +0000 UTC]
Those two situations are nothing alike. The bully is saying what he's saying out of an intention to cause harm. Me calling my brother a faggot for eating the last piece of pizza is not said out of an intention to cause harm. But, more than that, you're saying anyone saying it in any circumstance is harmful, which is impossible to even begin to analyze. A word, outside of context, has no intent. Faggot, as a word, isn't universally harmful.
So is bitch. Or dick. Are those sexist? Is it outright bullying to call my brother a dick? Is it outright bullying to call my brother a bitch? Both can be meant as an insult. Or jokingly. Or mockingly. Or ironically. All of which would change the words context. The word fuck is used as an insult. But responding with "Fuck yeah!" is actually a good context for the word. And "fuck me" could be both good and erotic, it can be comical, it can be melancholy. Words, in and of themselves, are just words and context means everything.
Painting with too broad a brush is downright idiotic when it comes to something as fluid as language.
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GlowingWords In reply to Sokogeki [2016-12-14 07:48:06 +0000 UTC]
I understand your point, but even using the f slur like that is not a good idea, because that will just end up making light of how it's been used against gay people to cause harm. Using the f slur in that kind of context is, well, honestly, not very sensitive towards gay people who have had the f slur hurled at them for their attraction.
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