I was so deeply impacted when I watched this music video “Make it Stop” by Rise Against that I had to share my thoughts. After reading please watch (link below). It is a pretty powerful representation of what LGBT Youth deal with every day, and why it needs to STOP.
Lawmakers and others (parents, teachers, counselors, “friends”) try and make “gay issues” as they call them about more than just THE ISSUES. They bring in religion, family problems and parenting, school systems, hormone imbalance, whatever will focus the attention off this one fact – and here it is: IF YOU TELL SOMEONE THEY ARE “WRONG” LONG ENOUGH, THEY WILL START TO BELIEVE IT. People are SO surprised when youth that are either LGBT or accused of being LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) try and take their lives. REALLY? These are the people that help perpetuate the stereotypes. This is NOT ok. Things need to change, and they start with US!!!
Do not be hurt if/when you are persecuted for being whatever you are. Stand strong and know that you are exactly the person that you were created to be, and that you have a purpose. Even if that purpose isn’t clear to you, it still exists. One day, the trials and hardships you face now will be stories that you hold, times in your life that you had to work through that ultimately made you stronger.
Not only does IT get better, but you will become BETTER than those that push you down – because you know the strength it takes to get back UP, and that you are capable of anything!
Believe this, IT truly does GET BETTER. Keep the faith. Thanks for reading,
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LINK TO MUSIC VIDEO: (copy and paste into browser)
http://www.vevo.com/watch/rise-against/make-it-stop-septembers-children/USUV71100796
I couldn’t agree with you more Mike. Make it stop is a great song, but the video brings those words to life for everyone to see. Keep fighting the good fight Mike!
You speak nothing but the truth.
People really don’t get it. We come to this world with one purpose only, to be happy. To live and be happy. The quest and pursuit of happiness is what really drives us, what really gets us going. Imagine someone living in a world where they are told that for them, happiness isn’t real. That it’s just an illusion that will fade away just because they where born a certain way? I Think it’s just not right. Everyone deserves a chance to go after happiness without having someone telling you that you will never reach it because your likes, ideology and or skin tone is different.
Embrace your quest of happiness by letting others find happiness on their own, without having to hear over and over again that they are not worth of it.
Some people just have to look to the side and mess around with other people happiness because they’re too afraid of finding out what really lies within. They are too afraid of looking in and finding out that if they keep going down that road, they are less likely to find happiness by themselves.
Just live and let live, and do nothing but help people find happiness.
Some people just don’t get that.
Mike love ya I so won’t to meet ya!
I have Seen all your youtube videos… And I am your bigest FAN! Going through that big storm here in Joplin really made me see that you might not get a other today. Waching all your videos has help me become more honest with myself and my famliy. So think you for that! PS. Your (Bigest fan):)
Thanks for sharing Mike. That was so true and something really needs to be done about this crisis! I’m glad you’re part of the fight to end hatred!
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