this isnt a record review or a show review.........

i originally posted this in my tumblr as a sort of response to alot of homophobic/transgender-phobic shit people have been throwing around lately. i thought it was important enough to repost here...i dont generally get into personal stuff or gender/sexual politics in this blog but i occasionally make exceptions........so if you ever wanted to know where i stand on this stuff, well here it is........

my 2 cents...........

it seems like a bunch of people i know are pissed about stupid shit people say or do lately especially when it comes to the gay/lesbian/transgender community, ive decided to put in my 2 cents on the matter…..even when i was a teen and just starting to understand sexuality and all of its intricate facets i never understood why who people chose to love/sleep with could inspire such hatred and fear…….i mean its none of our business in the first place what anyone chooses to do sexually (as long as they arent raping people or fucking children/animals…..then its most certainly time to get involved and put those sick fucks out of commission) in the first place and i always was amazed and horrified that people would take their hatred so far as to kill someone over this…….i operate off of the basic premise of respect. i respect you and treat you as i would like to be treated… sexual preference/race/ect never comes into the equation………i dont see why its so hard for people to operate on the same principles…….my sister is now transgender (well, she wants to be a guy, im not sure what the technical term is for that..this is all still new to me) and at first it startled me and put me out of my comfort zone, but as the time passed and she explained to me why she chose to take the path in life that she was heading down now, i came to see things much clearer…she never felt comfortable being a girl and always thought she should have been born a male…..its something that must have been extremely hard to live with and i think shes been pretty damn brave to be out in the open with me and my mom about this…inside shes the same person ive always known and i think that supporting a person on their new life path and being there as you’ve always been is a much better thing than ostracizing and isolating and attacking someone for their choices and making their life miserable because you dont agree………..my mom has an understanding of what my sister is going through and has a certain comfort level with it, but is still ashamed of her to a degree and will never tell any of my other relatives about my sisters choices…….i would never feel comfortable posting this on facebook as i have many relatives who are anti gay to say the least and i dont feel like wasting energy battling them and fending off their inevitable attacks………to end this rambling barely coherent rant, i think that there needs to be more understanding in general, but it seems like the hate only grows with each passing year…….we all should think about what we say and do and try to be more aware and considerate of all the people around us……..