A Gay Man's Letter To America
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A Gay Man's Letter To America

If it's broken, fix it.

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A Gay Man's Letter To America
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Dear America,

I hope that you listen closely to the words that are about to roll off my tongue.

We need a change.

No, I am not talking about one specific event that has me pissed off, hurt, scared or left me in total confusion. It's not one event that has led us to where we are now.

Multiple events have built up to the state we have found ourselves in after the events in Orlando, and I truly feel that America is overdue for a revolution.

What type of revolution? All types. I have always loved the saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." So, I have coined my own little reverse of that saying to follow in these hard times. If it is broken (or remotely seems broken), then please fix it. We cannot allow the state we have found ourselves in to continue. We have innocent brothers and sisters falling left and right, straight into their early graves. Why is that? It is definitely not one single issue to blame.

We can't blame everything on gay marriage.

We can't blame everything on gun laws.

We can't even blame everything on Donald Trump.

Why is this? All of these things have had to receive ample support from us, the citizens of this once beautiful country, to get out of control like they have gotten.

Where have our morals gone? We are now the country that persecutes its own people — just like the country that we left to create our nation.

So what do we do? We pick ourselves back up from the ground that we have catapulted onto, and we create a better nation. We learn from our mistakes. We make things better.

I'm writing this today to say that I am a gay man, and I am pissed off. I am pissed off at myself, at my elders, at my leaders and at my peers — most importantly myself. We have allowed ourselves to sit and mope around about our problems for far too long. One tragedy occurs, social media blows up for about two months with frustrated citizens demanding a change and then the attention fades away until the next tragedy occurs.

I won't allow myself to play those games any longer. I can't.

I'm a gay man living in America, and I will stand up for what I believe is right until it is acknowledged and made into a law. I'm sick of seeing my LGBT+ family members dying because of their sexual identity. I'm sick of everything wrong in America, but I can't let myself whine about that. I must create change.

This article is not meant to be a piece written by a gay male in college where said gay male cries and whines about all of his problems, but it may just end up that way.

And I'm OK with that.

I'm OK with that as long as it creates change. If I can persuade one of my fellow citizens to listen to me and help turn my cries into actions, then I have accomplished my goal.

America, don't mess with me because I am an angry, pissed gay man that will do everything it takes to make his world the most peaceful, kind world to live in. I know that my LGBT+ community has my back, and none of us will stop until justice is reached for the land that we call home.

America, this is my final notice for you. It's time for a revolution.

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