After watching her tribute vidya I was so inspired
During this entire time of Orlando mess I've been wondering if "gay rights" is even my fight or whether Black rights are a more pressing issue for me. But throughout my life i honestly cannot recall a moment where I felt discriminated against because of my race, I've never felt like I was attacked for my race. Or felt afraid or timid because of it, or held back because of it.
But I can't say the same about my sexuality.
Being in the Black community especially.
I think seeing those 19 and 20 year olds that were killed reminded me of myself when I was that age. How horrible that they will not get to see the world. 20 years of life?
I remember how exciting it was to discover a place where there were people just like me, where I felt comfortable enough to be let go and be free, without fear of judgement. My best friend had to DRAG me out of the clubs and mess when I was younger.
It's the last place you expect to be face what they had to face. My heart is truly broken tonight. As I see less of the number "49" and more of the victims faces, ages and stories, I get sadder and a bit angrier for these kids.
It also makes me question Omar and even feel sorry for him as well, in a
very weird way. There is a great chance that he did this because he felt a need to suppress and fight his own sexuality based on cultural rejection of it. He could have been masking this entire thing as "terrorism" when it could have been a man who was forced to go undercover and lost it.
This is just all around horrible once you really process it. Like, truly horrible. Very unfortunate incident but I think this will definitely open some worthwhile and essential conversations.
