It’s not just struggling with being new, I am often picked on because of who I am. People have a tendency to forget the filter between their brain and their mouth. I told a friend I went to the rival school in fifth grade, and the first word out of his mouth was “traitor.” But it’s the comments about being gay that hurt most. The everyday “fag” and “That’s so gay!” almost go by unnoticed because they are so common. Someone informed me that I should follow 10 simple rules of God and I won’t burn in hell, even though the 10 Commandments have nothing to say about being gay. I said, “I’m already going to hell, so what’s the point?” One day I wore a homemade Dignity for All Students sticker and someone told me, “By wearing that, you lose your dignity.” I have been asked, “Who did you turn gay for?” and “When did you turn gay?” Things like “How do you know that you’re gay if you haven’t been on a gay date?” or “Since you’re gay, you should go with the girls when our chorus is dismissed,” make my hair stand on end. My peers have questioned, “Do you want to be a girl?” “You’re gay because you act gay,” was another brilliant seventh grader’s take. Someone who had never heard me sing said, “You cannot sing soprano, you’re a boy.” I showed him. All those comments mean some days it’s frustrating just to walk the halls.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:33:21 +0000
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