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Smooth Penguin, I can see that your heart is in the right place and I can’t express how much that means, but… please… stop it.
I speak solely for myself in this post; I do not have the hubris to claim to represent any portion of the LGBT community, even though I am a gay male.
Your request reminds me of the empty gestures that took place after the 9/11 attacks… the flag-waving and ‘I support the troops’ bumper stickers that were all words with little substance. I’m sorry to be so harsh, but your suggestion means little to me except the good intentions behind it.
As a son, as a brother, as an uncle, as a nephew, as a video gamer, as a board gamer, as a lover of Hemmingway, of Terry Pratchett, of Garfield, as a GW2 PvEer, lover of the Warrior profession and Charr race, as a coffee addict, cheese lover, as a former vegetarian, as a medical clinic employee, as an apartment dweller, as a college graduate, as a cat owner, and as a gay man, and as of so many other traits…. Please stop singling me out by a single facet of who I am… whether it be praise or condemnation it does not matter.
For me this is a humanities tragedy, not a LGBT tragedy. From where I stand, if you or anyone else truly wishes to take something away from this tragedy, to do something, then the best you can do is remember: We are all people, so please treat other people as you would wish to be treated. When you feel at odds with another person, try to remind yourself that they are much like you before you take any action.
To approach your fellow man as a person instead of any type of label will do more good than I think you realize. See me as a person, and not as my sexuality; see these events as a crime against people and not as against a category of people. That is what you and everyone else can do.
I need to close this post… It’s becoming difficult to hold back my tears.
~EW
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