This I Believe...

            I believe that homosexuals deserve the right of equality, in all circumstances. Deciding whom to give rights to, and what rights those are, has been a struggle since Civil War times. People were birthed the same way, through a female’s birth and most people struggle through the same things. So why equality shouldn’t be given to all, has me questioning the sanity of our society. Recently, I have come out to being bisexual. It’s one of the hardest things that anyone could ever go through. It seems like, at times, all of the complications that come along with being me are slowly causing me to break down. Every day, I think about falling in love with someone of the same gender and possibly never being able to live happily ever after. It hurts, more than anything that I have ever endured before. When I first “came out”, I thought that I was going to lose my family, my friends, and eventually my own sanity. Eventually, I realized that your family should love you for who you truly are, and not who you pretend to be, so I began to stand up for my beliefs. Though problems at home seemed to begin to change for the better, struggles at school were still not the best that they could be. Luckily supportive friends were what I had, so most of them stayed by my side through the situation. Though today I am still struggling with the complications that come along with who I am, I’ve learned through trials and tribulations that it gets better. Life goes on, and one day I will be happy. One day I plan on marrying someone whom I love, no matter their gender. I’m living my life one day at a time and I have to admit that, I am happier now than I have ever been before. Not having to worry about hiding who I am “behind closed doors” makes a huge difference. If happiness and a “perfect society” is what the United States wants, then taking rights away from a ton of people is not going to help fulfill that goal. Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. If you fall in love with a girl, you fall in love with a girl. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality. Homosexuals deserve happiness and equality, and this is what I believe.