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Showing Original Post only (View all)Thank you all for your support towards us LGBT community but..... [View all]
As a member of that community. I just don't feel safe. I'm always wondering whose going to take their gun out and shoot me because they don't like that I'm gay. Whose going to harass me because I'm gay. Whose going to protect us from the gun violence out there? But the most important thing I have to ask is when will the hate against us stop? I just have given up hope on humanity. I have given up hope on the human race. I just have no faith anymore at all.
I am sad beyond belief and terrified
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Thank you all for your support towards us LGBT community but..... [View all]
Coolest Ranger
Jun 2016
OP
well expressed. We don't feel safe simply because we have expressed our liberalism.
rurallib
Jun 2016
#18
" If everyone were kissing instead of shooting those they hate, this world could be...
3catwoman3
Jun 2016
#33
This hits too close to home my moms goddaughter is lesbian and just got married this past year
maryellen99
Jun 2016
#27
And spare a thought for closeted gay people in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Nigeria,
Nye Bevan
Jun 2016
#31
You are right to be afraid, considering how many people are allowed to carry weapons
alarimer
Jun 2016
#39