Well, I'm really excited for this blog because I've always wanted to do one but I've always been to lazy, so now I have a reason to write one. I just want to start off by saying that I hope this class can be like a family and we all can use this class to express ourselves and just have people that will listen to what we have to say. Everything anyone in this class shares or writes is important. Last year this class was a place where I felt at home and I felt comfortable sharing anything I needed to, so I hope for the best this year! I feel sort of lame for writing that but I wasn't quite sure how to start off this here blog.
So, Trevor and I watched this really interesting movie called Boys Don't Cry its about a women who dresses and pretends to be a man. She/He falls in love with another women and ends up being killed when her new friends discover she is really a women. I felt so sad and angry after watching this because I hate how people think they are better than others and think they have the right to take someone elses life away from them. This movie did take place about twenty years ago, and I think in the last few years we have become more tolerate of these types of incidents, well at least our generation has. This movie just got me thinking about how I'm glad that I can be open minded(:
Such a great movie, that one. Really tragic. Unfortunately, I would disagree with you, when you say that things have improved over the past few years. Gays/lesbians still face so much torture, trauma, separation, ostracizing, it's unbelievable. Either they're made fun of at school, or they're beat up for just being who they are. It's happened at our school, it's happening now. It's something we all have to work on...
ReplyDeleteIts sad that it does still go on, but its not something that is uncommon to us. I actually have quite a few gays friends and a couple of lesbian friends and I see people treating them the same as they would anyone else. Maybe I am overlooking situations but I haven't witnessed anything very dramatic. I'm not saying that nothing ever happens, I know our world is nothing close to perfect but I do think that in some ways its getting better. I treat all of my friends as equal people, people that I love and care about no matter what gender they are attracted to. I hope that one day a lot more people will be able to do the same.
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