Wow, that was one very hot debate. During the debate someone even tweeted that i was behaving like a thug, funny. I wonder why many think gays, lesbians, bisexuals and Trans should be apologetic when asking for rights. I DEMAND my human right, not beg for it.

I am often called aggressive, confrontational and too loud for speaking out for LGBT Rights. It seems one is expected to be humble when asking for rights that others already enjoy. Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, Trans and Intersex are expected to meekly ask for the same rights their fellow citizens enjoy. When you don’t meekly beg for your rights, you are called aggressive, confrontational and “a loudmouth, disrespectful bitch”, as I have been called.

Homophobes especially, religious homophobes are often pissed off that I do not beg to be treated equally, but demand and assert that I must be treated equally.

It amuses me when people are quick to advise that I should not get ‘angry’ or passionate when asserting LGBT rights as human rights. Some have even claimed that I hurt the cause when I assert that lgbt rights are human rights rather than beg for the acceptance of Lgbts as humans. Really, I have to beg you to accept I am a human being because my sexual orientation is different from yours?

Why do people think I have to seat down sedately and humbly while they read out a long list from their bible on why I should not be treated as a human being?

Why do they think I should listen carefully and silently when they inform me about how their religion and culture does not support my LGBT rights?

Why must I listen humbly while they ramble on about how I am not human enough to enjoy same rights they enjoy as a human being?

Why do you think I am being disrespectful when I interrupt your tirade about how human rights do not apply to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and Trans?

Some even claim that it is disrespectful to blacks to compare the discrimination LGBTs are facing to slavery and racism. They get all angry when LGBT rights activists and movements are compared to Civil liberty rights activists and movements. They are probably confused because they do not walk in the shoes of Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and Trans. The many lesbians, gays, bisexual and trans whom are daily discriminated against, abused, harassed , tortured and even killed for their sexual orientation or gender identity knows better.

I face a 14 years imprisonment for my sexual orientation; I face 10 years imprisonment for advocating for gay rights and I face the possibility of being lynched for identifying as a bisexual. You don’t call that discrimination? You don’t think this an inhumane way to treat anyone? You think I am being dramatic? I think even if you do not walk in my shoes, you need to learn what empathy is.

Imagine that you are a black person who is being constantly told by a white person that you are subhuman because of your skin colour, do you meekly explain to them that you are human or do you get angry enough to sue their racist asses?

If in this age and time, I still have to convince people that LGBTs are human beings, that we are persons too, then do not be surprised when once in a while I get tired of your ignorance and just told you to grow a brain! I do not need to defend my Personhood to anyone; I just need to call the homophobes, biphobes and transphobes out on their ignorance.

It is not my duty to convince you that I am human.

It is not my duty to seat down and listen to your rants about how I am not human enough.

It is not my duty to listen to you explain to me how your God says I am an abomination because of my sexual orientation.

It is not my duty to humbly listen to you as you ignorantly claim that your culture does not support LGBT rights.

It is not my duty to sit down and listen to you quote Leviticus as a reason why I should be stoned to death, especially not if you are wearing polyesters which BTW same Leviticus condemns.

It is not my duty to sit meekly while you inform me that I am not human enough to enjoy my inalienable human rights.

However,

It is my duty to stop you in your ignorant track by telling you to shut the fuck up!

It is my duty to humanity to never let bigots go unchallenged when they claim that a human being is subhuman because s/he is different.

It is my human duty to forcefully speak out against bigotry and ignorance.

It is my duty to never let such remarks go unchallenged because the world has had enough of such bigotry and ignorance. Civilization does not need you to drag us backwards into the Dark Age. I have no apology for cutting you down to your miserable size because you truly need to grow a brain.

No black person of dignity would sit calmly while a white person tells him/her “You are sub human”. It is the same way I feel about sexual orientation. Everybody wants me to be calm while they tell me i am not human enough to enjoy the same human rights they enjoy because I am gay, lesbian, bisexual, Trans. They expect LGBTs to sit down, appeal to them and calmly try to convince them that LGBTs are Humans too. WTF!

Of course I am human, entitled to human rights if you don’t get that, it is your fucking shit to deal with, your ignorance should not be my headache. And I have every right to scream at you if you called me less than human, if that makes me a thug, well, i guess Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Gani Fawehinmmi were all thugs, in fact Nelson Mandela was called a terrorist. In which case I am happy to be called a thug cos it looks like I am in good company!

Just remember:

I am ASSERTIVE not AGGRESSIVE

I am FACTUAL not CONFRONTATIONAL

If you do not like the TRUTH, Do not peddle LIES

If you can’t take the HEAT, Do not start a FIRE

Hiding under your bed won’t save you from the TRUTH or my logic boot

Related Link- Not begging for my LGBT/Human Rights does not make me Aggressive, just Assertive. Deal with it! Part 2