on a personal level, it's no big deal to me. anderson cooper is the same person he's always been. this doesn't change anything at all. i read the headline and the way my brain interprets it reads as, 'breaking news, anderson cooper confirms he is himself.' i'm waiting on a world where this isn't a story and this doesn't take up space on any news network's website or tv programming. people saying they're gay are people just saying they're themselves and they don't care who knows it. and that's beautiful.
it's so beautiful that i wish it was the standard and not the exception. and i mean that in the broadest of terms, it doesn't start and end with the gay community alone. everyone needs to know who they are, love who they are, and be proud. let it shine.
if there's anything you're doing, anything you're into, anything that defines you, and all it's doing is making you happy and not hurting anyone else, then who cares who it bothers? anyone who is bothered by anything of this nature is clearly dealing with their own internal issues.
i know i'm not perfect at being the spokesperson for loving yourself and being proud of who you are. no one's perfect at this. but we should all take a page out of anderson cooper's playbook and be proud, comfortable, and happy with who we are.
and anyone who can in good conscience stand against that has their own severe internal problems to deal with. anyone who takes issue or offense with anything that makes you the awesome, beautiful human being you are probably has the biggest lesson to learn from anderson cooper today.
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I don't remember the moment when as a pubescent child I decided to be hetero..oh wait,that's cause one doesn't choose..one is or isn't.
Man.. I remember when the homophobic hate and bigotry was running hot and heavy. My best friend's brother was beaten by three bastards who then smashed his head with a cinder block and took off laughing and talking shit. He never recovered fully from that night. Here was a young man (30's) who was one of the most fascinating thinkers I'd ever met..robbed and stripped of that wonderful intellect.
Matters of the heart and sexuality are no one else's business. As long as it's all between consenting adults..then fuck it..get your freak on! :)
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