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Dear homophobic people

It is the year of 2019, a month away from the year of 2020. Society is finally becoming other-oriented and finally learning to accept one another, looking past all these irrelevant barriers such as sex, gender, race, color ect. But how is sexual orientation still a barrier for people to be happy?

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Dear homophobic people

"La homosexualidad no es una enfermedad, la homofobia si." Paulina De La Mora from La Casa De Las Flores said to someone while defending her brother (Netflix.com). Which translates to; "Homosexuality is not a disease, being homophonic is." It was brought to my attention that among my gay friends, I have never questioned why they are gay, but other people around us including family members have. Being part of a traditional Mexican culture and family, and also part of a hardcore Catholic household, I don't ever remember being taught to hate other human beings over their sexual orientation. I was born in a small town in Mexico, and other than being heterosexual wasn't a common thing you would often see in public. When I moved to the United States, I became very other-oriented due to the diversity of people I would encounter on a daily. Yes, I have hated people that have hurt me in the past before but over actions they committed. My point is: Hating someone over their sexual orientation is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

"Being gay is so wrong, I choose to follow God" a dummy brain told me once, as I was having an argument over this topic. I believe in God myself, and doesn't God teach you to love your brother and your sister? The ideal unit of a family would consist of a husband and a wife, and their children. This was the "right" way to live life centuries ago, it is 2020. I believe in God, and I also believe in humanity and loving humanity for who they are. As long as they don't murder anyone or hurt anyone...who they sleep with, kiss, or date is none of my business or the world's business. It is a personal business that should only matter to that person.

I cannot blame homophobic people for their mentality, it is the saddest thing to grow up in a household and have your family shape your ideas and thoughts. It is psychologically proven that our first views of the world are shaped by our parents, they teach us at a young age what is right and what is wrong. There is a certain age, at least when we reach adolescence that is up to us to create our own person and what information to keep or what not to keep from those teachings. But being an independent adult, how are there still homophobic people in the world?

Being gay, you don't own the world an explanation to why you are gay... not even your parents. Kids are taught at a young age for boys to like the color blue and play with manly toy cars. Girls are taught to live in a fairytale and to like the color pink, and to play with barbies. Boys are taught to not be crybabies, but girls are emotional. This is a whole bunch of crap, you are brought to this world to be your own person. To learn what you like and you dislike through experiences. If we want this disease of homophobia, we must become other-oriented and let people be who they are.

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