Change

I won't accept that things/people can't change. Each day it's something. A teacher yells for no reason, someone displays an act of intolerance. It makes me not want to be in the setting I'm in. I don't want to be at this school, among such intolerant people. All around me: Sexism, Homophobia, attacking the man and not the issue. It makes me want to crawl in a cave and scream. Why can't you just accept that people are different than you? What's so wrong with change? We've made sufficient adjustments around our school to get students and staff to be more open-minded about the LGBT community and people's religious(or not so)backgrounds. And yet, still, people insist on mocking our attempts and staying in their close-minded stupor. I really wish that we could all(as a school)contribute to ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHER PEOPLE, THEIR BELIEFS, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION. No, caps was not an accident.  

RainbowGay

This is RainbowGay. I made her shortly after hearing the controversy over a pony named Derpy getting removed from Friendship is Magical. I don't watch the show and don't see myself ever watching it in the future. Even so, there is a good point made in the "Save Derpy" campain. Censorship. It's been happening more and more lately as SOPA and PIPA snake slowly through the ears of every internet user. It's also happening more on television. Not in the same ways, but in ways that are questionable. Let's start over:
This is RainbowGay. She is a beautiful, independant, lesbian pony. The pride flag on her side clearly shows how proud she is of her sexual identity. However, if anyone were to have brought RainbowGay to the producers of My Little Pony, she would be turned down. And even if she got her name changed and removed her flag, it wouldn't be alright. Because that's not her.
I think that parents over-emphasize what is acceptable and what's not. It's good when parents tell their kids bullying is bad and to accept others. But apparently "others" doesn't include the LGBT community? Is anyone else confused by this? You let your kids watch cartoons in which men are drooling over a sensual woman, usually making unwanted advances toward her, and yet when two cartoon men are holding hands on TV it's automatically inapropriate? Okay, what's with that?
We've made it acceptable for a man and woman to display less-than-modest acts of affection in public places. In front of children. And then when Fred kisses Ted on the cheek, you cover your childrens eyes. What? Why'd you react like that?
The next time you're about to say something or respond in a way that's hurtful toward another person or group, please think twice. You don't know how that might affect them. And if you have a rather old-school family that has a problem with LGBT, don't force them to conform to your own beliefs. Just let them know what you think without being mean and accept them as they will accept you for being curtious to them.
Tell me what you think of RainbowGay. Leave a comment below. :)