So you are a 16 year old female, living in a middle class suburban area, in a primarily republican state. You're slowly developing into a good and honest member of society with head strong opinions that are yet to be actually based on any real facts. It's not that you are wrong to believe in woman's rights or to route for Hillary Clinton to be the next President of the United States but you're not actually informed on any of the issues aside from what either your parents or your friends are discussing. Not to mention that at the height of puberty you're starting to develop attractions toward your "girl friends" and are not quite sure why the idea of your best friend making out with that cute boy in math makes you so mad.
Maybe you're not in High School any more, maybe you've joined the world of higher education at one of the countries fine four year accredited universities. Now away from parents and all former rule enforcers you're at your third frat party in a week after having far too much to drink and making out with some random girl you only partially know. If it'll make you popular with all the 5th year seniors that have been around the block before and know how to "treat a girl" then you're all for it right? Why is it though that making out with this girl gets you more aroused then being passed around from one member of the football team to the next?
Maybe instead of any of these things you're just a normal young woman who works hard and doesn't really pursue relationships in any form. Your best friend is just your best friend and you're not into frat parties or stupid guys. That only thing you do understand is that you're attracted to women and... at least in your opinion, you're a lesbian.
That word "lesbian" strikes up many images in the minds of today's society. Television, music, movies, and other forms of mainstream media are saturated with images of gay, lesbian and transexual individuals. With shows like HBO's The L Word, Ellen Degenerous's talk show, LOGO, and all of the other visual images of lesbians you might forget that we are still a minority in the population. The human sexuality seems to be just as common a staple of everyday life as race, religion, and political agenda.
You are a lucky few, all of you in the new generation of lesbians. You're awakening to your sexuality during some of the most controversial times. No we are not in the middle of the Stonewall Riots but we are certainly facing political unrest. It may not be the same revolution felt during the Civil Rights movement, or the Women's Suffregent movement, but the demunstrations are the same. The voice is the same.
WE ARE PEOPLE
You are a part of the generation that never had to hide in back rooms with red alert lights. That will never marry and force yourself into an unfullfilling or abusive marriage in which you have to "come to an arrangement". Even if a few suffer, and unfortunately there will be those who suffer, the greater majority of your generation will know happiness. Even more importantly
you will see equality in your time, and your children or your grand children will grow up in an age where it is just as common to see two homosexuals married on Sunday, as a heterosexual couple.You are a part of the generation that never had to hide in back rooms with red alert lights. That will never marry and force yourself into an unfullfilling or abusive marriage in which you have to "come to an arrangement". Even if a few suffer, and unfortunately there will be those who suffer, the greater majority of your generation will know happiness. Even more importantly
Welcome to the world my friend, it's nice out here.
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