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Hypocrisy

By Zionaeus ShekhinahPublished 7 years ago 4 min read
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For a group of people so concerned with equality we sure seem to be confused about its definition. You write petitions and organize boycotts, present legislation and walk nationwide for a universal cause, a noble and important cause, and yet, there is prejudice and inequality and though it pains me to say it, hatred within your own ranks.

A more duplicitous stunt never have I seen.

No Fats. No Femmes. No Blacks. No Asians. I know you've all heard this phrase before and I wonder at your reaction to it, I know for most of you that the answer isn't what it should be. Outrage. How can you stand for equality and allow this nonsense amongst yourselves? Answer: You can't.

Hypocrites.

I know I am going to receive some backlash, I know my opinion is going to be unpopular. Those of you misguided ones that use this phrase are going to argue, "This is just my preference, there is nothing wrong with having a preference." And you would be right, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a preference. However, that isn't really the case, is it? Preference doesn't need to be advertised, preference is personal to each individual; what you are doing is flaunting your ignorance by displaying your prejudice -which there is no validation to do - while masking it as preference to make any unfortunate soul that may be drawn to you to feel as if they are unworthy or less than in your pursuit of hard dicks and warm holes.

Which brings us to our next topic.

When did promiscuity become the defining characteristic of gay culture? I feel as if I missed the memo announcing the lifetime orgy. When did the number of condomless cocks received become a badge of honour to be proudly displayed to the world alongside the highest amount of cum ingested ribbon? I am all for sexual freedom and self-expression of sensuality, but there is a difference between being sexually adventurous, open-minded and mature, and being a wanton slut. Part of sexual freedom is making safe, intelligent, informed decisions.

I mean, no wonder society sees the gay community the way it does (not that there isn't plenty of hetero-promiscuity, but you're deluding yourself if you think those things are judged equally); most of it is our own fault, we feed into their stereotypical view of us and do nothing to correct it.

My generation came after the HIV scare was over, and we are so advanced that it causes no terror today, which I find unfortunate. PrEP, though a scientific miracle, is not a license to behave like wild animals during mating season with only physical urges to command us. Pornography and subversive sex culture does nothing to help. There is an entire community of individuals who

A) Actively seek to contract HIV

or

B) Actively seek to spread HIV

I truly do not feel as if there is any reason to expound on that ridiculousness. If we kill ourselves off there won't be anything for our enemies to worry about (Not that they have anything to worry about in the first place, but try to convince them of that).

Which brings us to our next topic.

There are the younger and future generations to consider. Imagine the example being set for those impressionable young people that are just now coming into their own, just now realizing and hopefully accepting and embracing who they happen to be as they seek guidance on how to navigate the world in which we live. Will their only options be men and women intent on pleasure, ruled by desire, lacking self-control, self-worth, restraint, and self- respect? I certainly hope not.

It sounds like I am slut shaming, but I assure you that I'm not. I am an advocate for safe, well-informed, positive life choices which include, but are not limited to, the decisions we make in reference to sexual relations and partners. We have to protect and guide those just now "coming out of the closet" because if we don't we will never survive, we will never grow, we will never move forward.

Which brings us to our next topic.

Just because gay marriage was legalized does not mean we have won. The war is not over. The fight has not come to an end. Until young men and women no longer have to sit their families down to tell them who they are attracted to, it will not be over. Until self-righteous religious zealotry is no longer a common and widely accepted excuse for unadulterated white hot hatred, it will not be over. Until we can walk the streets, whether alone or in groups, without concern of being attacked for the sole reason of our sexual identity, it will not be over. Until mothers and father and sister and brothers and cousins and grandparents and aunts and uncles and so-called family and so-called friends don't disown their supposed loved ones for being who they are, it will not be over. Until children don't have to be concerned about being murdered by their classmates, it will not be over. Until the gay community is no longer ridiculed, disrespected, and victimized by authority, society, and the not-so-random shooter, it will not be over.

It may never be over.

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Zionaeus Shekhinah

Hey, I'm Zion. I am black, gay, liberal, realistic and I love to write.

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