Today is Saturday 8th January 2011. Nothing special about that and no reason to get excited or depressed about it. But then I guess that's only true for me. There could be plenty of reasons for someone else to get excited about it being Saturday 8th January 2011, it could be someone's 21st Birthday. It could be the day someone finds out they've won the lottery. It could be the birth of someones first child.... there are tonnes of reasons for it to be an incredible day for any number of people. On the other hand it is also true of people who could get depressed about today. It could be the fact that a loved one died on this day. It could be that a relationship ended on this day. It could be the day you realise you're struggling with an alcohol or drug addiction and that you've pushed everyone away and don't have anyone to talk to about it.

What I'm trying to get at is that just because today is Saturday 8th January 2011 and that doesn't mean anything to me... doesn't mean that Saturday 8th January is the same for everyone else. Everybody in this world is different. Ethnicity, Religious beliefs, Sexuality, Gender Preference, Nationality, Taste in music, Taste in clothes, things you're afraid of, things that make you happy and things that make you sad. Not everyone can be the same... but everyone is a person with feelings. 

I live my life accepting people, I want everyone to feel like they are free to be exactly who they are. People spend too long living in the shadows or wearing a mask to disguise who they really want to be. I can give you a very personal example in Sexuality. I'm gay. I've known I was gay since I started to think sexually about people. I think I even knew before then, I just didn't understand that what I was feeling was known as "gay". I spent my teenage years in turmoil about why when all my friends were dating girls and talking about girls when I was simply more interested in guys! I told some of my friends when I was 13 years old. Most of my friends knew by the time I was 17 and all my friends and family knew since I was 20.  I got bullied for it because some narrow minded (and arrogant) guys think that gay guys automatically wanna fuck them just because they have a penis. (wrong!) You can read thousands of articles online about bullying about sexuality leading to the suicide of teenagers around the world, all because people don't understand, or REFUSE to understand that it's still NORMAL! As you can see, I'm lucky enough to have realised that things do get better.

However, the thing is, I don't get involved with the "gay scene" very much. There are bars and clubs around the world which are specifically for gay guys and gals. This is something that most people might be pleased about... but it makes me a bit sad. Because it's almost saying that there's a reason for people to discriminate against gay people because they are different, therefore they should have there own bars and clubs. Why can't we just have places where everyone can go out together whether they're straight, bi or gay rather than going to a gay club or a "regular" club. I love that there are "GAY-FRIENDLY" places... because that is effectively what they are trying to achieve... they're not bars specifically for gay people, they are just places for people to hang out in and have a great time. Everybody is different, but that doesn't mean that every individual person should have their own individual bar! So why should it be that way for a group of people who identify as gay... they're still just people.

If you give people a reason to discriminate against you then that's what will happen. Wouldn't it be so much easier to let everyone be who they are and get along with them so we can all go to one huge club and have an effing fantastic night! 

One person can't change the world on his own. But he can maybe share his views with a couple of other people who care and eventually maybe his views will spread further and further and people will start to catch on. This is just me sharing my views, feel free to think it over and comment (if you can make any sense of what I mean!) ^_^

Today is Saturday 8th January 2011... Make it a great day.

Dai x