How many times have we heard that one? Speaking very frankly, I think this phrase is highly meaningless. Love does not have to mean war unless you make it into a fight, a fight for what you deserve, i.e., to love freely. To quote James Kirkup in his poem No Men Are Foreign, “The land our brothers walk upon is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.”, we are all born the same and eventually perish on the same land.
People who belong to the LGBTQ+ community are no different than the ones who don’t. It is very straightforward and simple when you really think about it and are willing to open your mind to acceptance without wrongly judging somebody’s strength of character based on who they identify as. Gender well as sexuality, are two very subjective terms. It might mean one thing to someone and something entirely different to another. The term ‘LGBTQ’ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer. These are all umbrella terms for the people who resonate with the particular label. Some people might not want to label themselves at all, which is also completely natural. As allies of the community, we should encourage them to be true to themselves and help them feel safe in their chosen environment. We should talk more freely about this taboo topic in order to ensure the development of people’s mindsets by educating them on the subject.
It is not important what labels a person has, or no labels at all. What matters is their metal, what they are made of, who they are as humans.
