June IS considered Gay Pride Month. I am Gay, and I am proud, and I am both gay and proud 12 months a year. But sadly, at the age of 76, I had only been proud of one of the genetics of my birth, homosexuality, for only 28 of those years. I did not come out officially until I was 48. I was afraid, I felt insecure, I was unsure; some of those sensations reflected how I viewed society, and, worst of all, some of those emotions reflected how I saw myself. But then, thank goodness, was then, and here I am now.
As the lyrics to the song “I Am What I Am” were written by Jerry Herman, “…I don’t need praise, I don’t need pity…”
But all along the long way out of the closet, I will not and never again be told that who I am is less than, by some hateful, insecure people who seem to feel intimidated by anyone who chooses to be free and who decides to no longer be victimized.
“Republican Rep. Andy Ogles deleted a shocking social media post—only after members of his party condemned it. Ogles, the Tennessee lawmaker who introduced legislation that would allow Donald Trump to serve a third term, on Tuesday went well beyond the more politically tolerable—yet still outdated—stance that the legalization of gay marriage should be overturned. “Homosexuality has no place in America,” he wrote on X at 10:32 a.m. (The Daily Beast).
Republican Rep. Andy Ogles has zero issues with Pedophiles, with Sexual Harassers, with Rapists, with Fascists. He adores Trump the Felon, the Fraudster. So, it seems to me that if this man is playing his Christian morality card, he sucks at the game. Fuck off, Andy Ogles, and more than that fuck off all of you who voted for this man, because you too are nothing but insecure fuckwad, hateful, hurtful, and full of shit!
