To understand the importance of why so many people are working so hard to change the cultural landscape of this country, and around the world!, when it comes to the LGBT community, one needs to look no further than this. There is a 21-year-old undergrad student from Germany named Sophie Miriam Herold. Remember that name. She is not your friend!
Sophie's mission in life is not only to "out" every LGBT person she can. She'd rather see us eliminated. Reading her menacing ramblings on her tumblr account was nauseating at best.
I am not hiding. I’m not afraid of you gay people. I will fight you as long as I can."Better"? I don't remember that ever being part of the dialogue, but you're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong. No. Rather than presenting ourselves as "better", we've simply, repeatedly and persistently, stated that we only want to be seen and treated as equal. And, there's a very good reason for that: we are, in fact, equal.
I know that by putting me out there I will be harassed and threatened. That is the price I have to pay for telling the truth about gay people. But I am not afraid of being physically harmed or killed. You may break my bones, but you can’t change the facts: that homosexuality is abnormal and disgusting.You are what you are and have to deal with it, like everybody else. Stop trying to pretend to be “better” than others because you consider yourself “transsexual”. You have to play your gender role, you have to do what society expects from you. If you don’t, you have to suffer from the consequences.
Anyway, the sheer ignorance of her rantings goes on and on ad nauseum. Rather than spend time repeating what she said, I think everyone needs to read it for themselves.
She's just terribly ignorant in her views, especially as an undergrad student, and it's a black-eye to her generation that someone as young as she would have such warped views. Yet, there it is...right there in black and white for the world to read.
The bigger issue is that this bring to light the reality that there are a whole slew of "Sophies" in the world who have nothing better to do with their own life than to try their hardest to make other people miserable. That's a problem. That's the hurdle we must clear as we work towards acceptance and equality. To an even greater extent, there are people who are far more influential than a 21-year-old hate monger who uses tumblr as her main forum to be concerned about. We have a Presidential candidate promising to eliminate LGBT happiness, if elected, by reversing all same-sex marriages in this country. We have lawmakers in several states working still to pass legislation that will essentially sanction the bullying of LGBT teens. You get the picture, though. They're out there. They're filled with hate. And, they're out there in great numbers.
It goes without saying that hatred and intolerance were in play in the murder of young Trayvon Martin in Florida.
What's most important in our ongoing struggle for equality and acceptance is that we continue increasing in numbers of people who are willing and able to let their voices be heard. Our voices need to be strong and confident. Our message needs to be clear and consistent. But, the one thing that we cannot waver on is continuing to show and spread love. In the end, love will conquer hate. It's the very reason I constantly spread messages of love on the facebook blog page.
Sophie is consumed with hatred. And, she's not alone.
Now, let's send her an email to cheer her up. Hey, she wants us to!!! She put her email address right there in the madness she posted, in black-and-white.
