And IMs...and messages... ;-)
After several years on tumblr, and nearly 23,000 followers, I finally received a nude picture in my messages/chat. I guess I've made it. :-) Of course, it wasn't a picture of the actual person. It was a straight up porn picture; but I guess beggers can't be choosers. ;-)
Yesterday, I received a tumblr message (three, actually) from someone asking for advice about how to deal with a homophobic friend. She's been friends with this person for a year and a half -- and once had feelings for her. (The friend is unaware of these feelings, and of the questioner's sexuality.) This "friend" claims "homosexual people are sick and only religion can save them." ----------------------------------------------------------- The easiest thing to do is walk away from this person. Simply stop hanging out with her, and interact with her as little as possible. You could try to gently teach her that LGBTQ people are no different from "straight" people. They are not monsters. They are not weird. And, they are not broken! The most difficult track would be to ask this friend what she thinks about you. Ask her if she thinks you're a good person; a good friend; a person she likes being around; a person she would ask for help if she were in trouble. Ask if she thinks you're a monster. Or a freak. If she gives you positive answers to all those questions, you could then tell her that you're a lesbian. She may be shocked, but you can tell her that you're the same person you were five minutes before. You are still you! This would, of course, involve you coming out. Only you know if you're ready to do that. Nobody has the right to make you come out if you're not ready. I know you're afraid she will hate you if she finds out you're a lesbian, but if this is her attitude toward LGBTQ people -- her attitude toward who you truly are -- then I would not consider her a friend. Good luck!
Woke up in a bed full of cats, had an idea for the short story I'm working on before I even opened my eyes, thought it might be a decent day, and I'd get some writing done; turned on my phone as I got dressed, and received a "Happy Valentine's Day" text message from "Her."
Day fubar-ed right from the start! :-(
Earlier today, I received a message from a "gay child" asking for advice in dealing with abusive parents.
Can anyone help here? Do you know of any resources that may be available? Any help lines?
Thank you all for any advice you offer.
The best way to send a message to Congress is with a vote. They don't care about the media coverage, and they don't care how many names they are called on social media. The only thing they care about is being re-elected so they can keep their snout in the public trough (or, related troughs). You may think this sounds simple. Sadly, it's not. While Congress as a whole has a low approval rating, too many people think "My Congressman/woman isn't the problem," and keep sending the same people back to Washington. Einstein says, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result." The first steps toward a solution: 1. Term limits for the Senate and House of Representatives. 2. Force our leaders to obey the same laws citizens must. 3. If we're going to have Universal Health Care, then our leaders should receive that coverage, unless they pay for their own private coverage.
"And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love.' A kiss is a message too intimate for the ear, infinity captured in the bee's brief visit to a flower, secular communication with an aftertaste of heaven, the pulse rising from the heart to utter its name on a lover's lip: 'Forever.'" - Edmund Rostand (died: 2 December 1918)