psammead

dancing with skeletons in my closet
2003-03-27 13:57:17 (UTC)

I have never felt so...

unpopular.

I named the perpetrators in an article posted on a main
notice board, as i was incensed at two articles that
appeared in a school publication by two of the people that
threw the board in the swimming pool. They insisted that
they had these views on homosexuality but they were going
about it in a way that is so much better than merely
throwing the board in the pool, however they fail to
mention that it was them that did it, and that lack of
justice made me 'out them'.

However, now it seems the entire college have risen out of
the woodwork to voice some criticism, disapprovement of
platform 6, the 10% ball, homosexuals. The muslim community
in particular are anti-platform 6 for an article we
published by a muslim lesbian. They disagreed with the
views and felt offended at the apparant lack of sensitivy
by members of platform 6. However, what needs to be
addressed is their barefaced narrowmindedness. It was
written by a muslim, it wasn't just some RUBBISH off of the
net, as they wrote, but an article in a LGBT handbook of
Oxford University. It was one person's view on their
religion and sexuality combined. The muslim community
slammed her views and us for seemingly advocating them.
What really pissed me off is that they accussed us of
hiding behind a shield of awareness, whereas it is plain to
see that they are hiding behind a shield of religion.
Many of the students that signed their name to the article
have displayed some immense signs of hypocrisy. They are
standing up for something that they only seem to believe
in, some of the time.

In Islam, you cannot drink. Have pre-marital relations.
Have relations with a non-muslim. swear during Ramadan. and
you definately cannot kiss another of the same sex. So how
can it be, that i have seen all these rules broken by
members of the incensed muslim community, yet they still
sign their names as offended by another person's view on
her life?

Their hypocrisy stings.

The fact that many of my friends, who are muslim, or
supporters, will no longer look me in the eye, stings. and
stinks. I have lost respect for the hypocrites. and lost
respect for the narrowminded. and lost respect for those
not directly affected i.e are not even muslim, yet choose
to take 'sides'.

The fact that the college is now divided on 'sides' stings,
when once again, i am made to feel unwelcome.

We are now in a war of nerves, and i am losing.

Against a backdrop of global proportions, my own battles
are wearing me down.

I never thought that the enemy was so large, and that they
had access to me, through my defences. I am tired of this.
I often regret 'coming out'. My pride is all too often a
facade. My conviction in myself is waning.




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