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Heteronormativity

by febcoffey

We live in a straight world. You might not think it’s true, “Gays are coming out everyday could be them next or her, maybe you too” Well I’ll take a minute to prove it to you. If I told you I’m into girls I’d see your brain short circuit in real time, “But you don’t look gay” you’d say. “Straight passing” is what they call a girl like me, who still looks feminine but doesn’t want the D. This “luxury” of remaining in the closet is really hurting my game, Added another straight boy to my list of those who lost it when they heard me exclaim, “I appreciate the offer, but I’m gay” Let’s not forget the most important issue “Gays will ruin the sanctity of marriage” Here, I’ll hand you the tissues. Man and woman, hand in hand, till death do they part, and yet more than half of all marriages end in the perfected art of divorce. Far be it from me, to take anyone’s right to do and say what they want, while you embrace the hate and live fighting the inevitable reality of any queer couple tying the knot. It might be 2018, but I still can’t hold a potential partner’s hand in a public facility without getting disgusted leers and a dreadful look at multiple cases of unprovoked hostility. So, try to look me in the eyes, And tell me I’m not right. But despite it all I’ll keep my head up high And let that rainbow flag fly Because this might be a straight world, But love is love is love is love. And that concludes this winded verse.
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febcoffey
23 / Cisgender Female / Ohio
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Written by
febcoffey
23 / Cisgender Female / Ohio
Published
Mar 27, 2018
Time
3m
Notes

I wanted to write something that showed the struggles of being non-straight within the LGBTQ+ community that still exist, even in 2018.

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#lgbtq#lesbian#bisexual#gay#community#homosexual#heterosexual#pride#heteronormativity
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