Laura Jane Grace (previously known as Against Me’s Tom Gabel) sits down with Cosmo in a fantastic discussion about her experieces.
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The Little Mermaid was written as a love letter by Hans Christian Anderson to Edvard Collin. Anderson, upon hearing of Collin’s engagement to a young woman, proclaimed his love to him. He told him ”I long for you as though you were a beautiful Calabrian girl.” Edvard Collin turned Anderson down, disgusted. Anderson then wrote The Little Mermaid to symbolize his inability to have Collin just as a mermaid cannot be with a human. He sent it to Collin in 1836 and it goes down in history as one of the most profound love letters ever written.
Most scholars and psychoanalysts concluded that Anderson was bisexual; however, he never acted upon his homosexual drives.
The Little Mermaid, as it was originally written, did not have a happy ending.
“I’ve honestly fallen in love with a man and I’ve honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don’t know how you label that, it’s just how it is.”
(Source: idosmile-sometimes, via lbgtlove)
Feel free to spread widely.
Created by Living Trans Pride at Sherbourne Health Centre.
I always think this is something that is overlooked. For anyone who has ever questioned their sexual orientation or gender identity, realizing you are cis or straight can be just as life altering as coming out as LGBTQ. The process is the same, but the conclusion is different. I think anyone who has questioned themselves has new understanding of themselves regardless of cis, trans*, or anything.
A conversation about marriage (with some classmates)
| Classmate #1: | Like, I'm okay with gay people wanting to be with each other. But marriage should be between a guy and a girl. |
| Classmate #2: | I don't even want to see it. Like, it's nasty. |
| Me: | Oh my god! I know! My neighbor was talking about how he and his Jewish girlfriend wanna get married and I was like "Why should you two be allowed to get married?" in my head. I mean, why would they think it was okay for a Christian and a Jew to get married. Disgusting. |
| Classmates: | .... |
| Me: | And let me tell you about this other couple I saw making out at the mall. It was nasty. The boy was white and the girl was black. Can you believe that? Two people of different races being together? That's just wrong. |
| Classmate #2: | What the hell is wrong with you? So what if they want to be together? |
| Classmate #1: | Yeah, there isn't anything wrong with it. |
| Me: | Are you kidding me? It's completely wrong.There is only one kind of marriage that is okay. And that is between a man and a woman of the same race, religious background, with the same income level and from the same place. We wouldn't want kids to think that diversity is okay. God wouldn't appreciate these people ruining the sanctity of marriage. |
| Classmate #1: | Why are you even in this conversation? God loves everyone. |
| Me: | What? So you're telling me that God doesn't care who you marry, because he loves everyone? |
| Classmate #1: | Yeah... |
| Me: | Does he love animals, too? |
| Classmate #1: | He loves human and animals and living creatures all around. |
| Me: | Whoa. That just blew my mind. Well it is a good thing that gay people can't get married then. Because everyone knows that gay people aren't human, or living for that matter. Haha. |
| Classmate #1: | .... |
| Me: | Go choke on a dick you stupid prick. |
