It gets better?

So,

A lot of celebrities have been posting youtube videos saying that within the gay community life gets better. This has been due to the amount of suicides going on throughout the country. As much as a good idea that this is, to give young teens the idea that if they just stick it out that things will get better. I think this is a great campaign that gives young gays hope, but I still think something more needs to be done.

I say that these kids have a right to fight back. I feel like the "It Gets Better Campaign" is like telling these kids that if they just stick it out long enough the harassment and hardships will be resolved. But has anyone ever thought about how these kids will feel later in life? I know that I'm a very self conscious person because of the amount of ridicule and teasing I got as a child by classmates and some family members growing up. It sucks and as much as this may help the gay community I don't think it's good enough.

I say that gay kids should know that It's okay to be gay. And if there are people calling them "fag" or "homo" or people saying that it isn't right; to stand up for what they believe in! There have been so many times where I've walked away from people calling me fag where all I wanted to do was to break their nose. Who are they to go into your life and judge you for what you do?

Seriously. I think the more kids that retaliate, other people will be hesitant to actually pursue harassment because they know that this "fag" isn't afraid to knock a bitch in the face.

I am a firm believer in peace and don't like fighting, but this has gone on long enough and I'm seriously sick and tired of people calling others "fag" and having to listen to one more teenager kill themselves because of how others have treated them. If they only knew that they weren't alone. That there are places where it's completely accepted.

Being gay allows me to be an individual and to see life in a different perspective.

Example of famous gays:

Alexander the Great
Socrates
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Tennessee Williams
Elanor Roosevelt
Julius Caesar
and Aristotle.
-- These people were famous and unfortunately most of them kept their lives in the closet or rather what they did in the bedroom and their full expression of who they were wasn't accepted by society.

Could you imagine for a second if a child grew up in a life where they were never harassed for their sexual preference? Imagine their stress levels diminishing and they'd be able to focus on what they truly love without others giving them shit about it. It's like having parents that are fully encouraging of pursuing your dreams. It's having the people to be able to back you up in your life. You feel better about it and you have more confidence doing what you want to do.

I honestly wish I could shake every gay person scared to come out and tell them that they have nothing to worry about.

Just the other day my moms friend left me a snide comment on my Facebook asking me how I became so gay. I was in full shock, and it brought back all these emotions and feelings of what I experienced in middle and high school. It took me a little while to realize that I'm happy with how I am and I don't need to justify my life and act different because of some person trying to control and comment on the way I act.

You are who you are and you should never be ashamed of that. EVER.