Gay Lesbian Bisexual Tranny, Faggot, Homo, Queer, Dyke, Freak August 13/08

I don't believe or remember myself ever talking about the subject or even recall saying that I'm Queer, note the capital Q, yes as in a person; a human being. After all that's what we are, yet I never realized how many of us are still scared to walk out the door, scared to be found out, afraid of being who we are. Recently I created a poll on being gay, and there is one particular question I asked in which 60% of homosexual, bisexual, Lesbian, and trans alike answered, "I'm not out because of peoples hatred and cruelty". It's 2008 and we are still afraid to even come out. I have lived 10 years being out and I'm a few that found the strength to come out, and I have lived it blindingly. Making myself believe that the GLBT community has been more accepted that being gay is hardly taboo anymore. How ignorant could I be, when 60% of the GLBT community still feels that they can't even be themselves without backlash. Even though 70% of them feel, or to more accurately state hope that in 5 years GLBT community will be widely accepted, and I hope so too. Yet the fact that we are afraid of our own Government, if your asking yourself how i dejected that from a small survey, well because it is obvious to me that we are afraid of our own shadow because the united states and our congress and senate have not given us enough rights as American further more as people to not be afraid to walk outside. I am not saying there isn't people that are working towards that common goal, but is it enough, or will we be forced to always live in fear? For my sake and the sake of all my community I hope we find a solution and fast, because I'm growing tire of being a second class citizen, when just like every american, I work for my home and work to keep a stable family, and pay my taxes. If the government feel it can take my money so it can accept me for who I am. I cannot express my anger anymore, than to say that we need to stand together and with our voices and the only real currency we have our vote destroy the barriers of hate. No human, No American, No one should be afraid of their Government, government should be afraid of us, the people.