“Closets are for clothes, not people!”

I just want to take a moment and say to everyone that has come out as gay, lesbian, bi, transexual – GOOD FOR YOU! I am so proud of the friends I have that have come out. It’s not easy sometimes. But it’s just gotta feel so good to finally be able to BE who you really are. So, here’s to all of you that have come out – all over the world! This is YOUR day to celebrate your “outness”! Be proud of who you are!

Just a day after my post about intolerance and it’s affect on children, I read about this upcoming “event”, and I knew I had to spread the word. You can show your support simply with the color you wear on one day. Not much to ask in my opinion.

PLEASE WEAR PURPLE ON OCTOBER 20TH!! Take a good look at the beautiful faces in the picture. It’s the least we can do, for them, for us, for the world. We can not get those precious lives back. We can not change the hatred already forced upon those (and many other) innocent children. But we can show the world that we care. And hopefully we can save some lives by giving hope to those that need it.

I think it’s also timely that I happened to read an amazing blog post about the same topic, but on a much larger and more universal scale. It is truly one of the best blog posts I have read in a long time and well worth the read. It was written by a single dad, and I learned about it through a friend of mine that shared it on Facebook. It’s called: The disease called “Perfection”. Oh, and get a tissue before you read it.

Much love to all those struggling to fit in, be popular, be cool, be liked, and most importantly to those who are struggling to love themselves for who they are. You are beautiful and precious!

Today was the 12th annual National Day Of Silence, which supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, from middle school to college.  This years Day of Silence was held in memory of Lawrence King, a 15 year old student from California who was shot and killed on February 12, by a 14 year old classmate because of King’s sexual orientation and gender expression.  The goal of the “Day of Silence” is to inspire change so that such a tragedy and others like it never happen again.

Please take the time to check out the official website:  Day Of Silence

You know, I was just going to post this information, and let it speak for itself, but during the writing of the above information, I pulled up the website and was flipping around the various pages to familiarize myself with this wonderful organization.  And my eyes kept coming back to the image of that sweet little face of Lawrence King on the front page.  As I write this now, my eyes are filled with tears at the thought that this precious child’s life was taken, and taken in such a way, for such a bullshit reason (I can’t think of a more eloquent way to say that right now!)  I can only imagine the utter despair and grief that his family and friends must be feeling still, and will probably always feel.  Having children of my own, I cannot even imagine the torture of having to deal with your own child being taken from you, let alone so tragically.  It is absolutely beyond my comprehension that human beings are capable of such wretchedness as the killing of another human being in such a manner.  I could write tons more, but words seem so inadequate.  Instead I will pray not only for dear Lawrence King and his family, but for all of the beautiful souls out there in the world that are having to deal with the hatred of anti-LGBT behavior.  I will also pray for those that oppose the LGBT community.  May each of you find peace within yourself, and in your life experience.  And may every citizen of the world recognize it’s capacity to love unconditionally.