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We Can’t All Be The Same…

The Story of a Man

By Nadine Halliday Published 4 years ago 2 min read
We Can’t All Be The Same…
Photo by Elyas Pasban on Unsplash

A gay man walks! Daily he lives as someone which is not his true self to please the lives of others.

He imitates the life of a straight man to be accepted by what society believe is the norm.

He cannot live with himself, becoming dishonest with himself. His life itself has become a lie .

He ends it all!

The public give the dead man no sympathy and say things such as ‘no one cares if he was gay he should have just come out’.

His family mourn that they would have been there for him if he had come out.

A gay man, let’s the world know who he is. He is not liked. Men feel threatened and he becomes friends with woman. People look at him funny or try to bully him in public. He reacts and gets called names and now he is labelled.

A gay man is in a loveless relationship with a denial for years to try and become someone he is not. He even gives the female children. He eventually comes out and is hated for being selfish and embarrassing his children.

Once a year, gays from around the world celebrate who they are!

The world loves to see such happiness and bright colours!

The parades are fun and everyone is welcome to come along and take part. Straight couples pay money for tickets to watch acts at theatre and talk for weeks up until the build up and even afterwards.

Once the parades are over people go back to their old ways and the gays are not so welcomed in to the hereosexual places.

People have a right to be their own true self and be happy every day of their life. But let’s remember!

They can only be just as happy as you are! They cannot be so much into themselves and express themselves if it makes you feel uncomfortable!

As long as they abide by those rules, their lives should be slightly easier for them to manage!

You will be fine, you have the right to label them and make them feel less human if they are different to you because you are straight and what is normal in society.

A gay man lives like a gay man, he in the wrong! A gay man lives like a straight man, he’s a liar!

A gay man tries to be straight then he’s being untrue to himself!

A gay man celebrates his sexuality and it’s too much (unless of course it’s in the parade we can all attend). A gay man ends everything because he can’t see a way out then he’s selfish!

The story of a gay man is the story of many!

Few people will feel bad but not change their ways, majority of society won’t even care the read!

The story of a gay man. He’s just a man. He’s not straight and that’s ok. He’s not confident that’s also ok. He’s too confident. This is great.

The story of a gay man… we can’t all be the same! Be Kind!

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