As We Are

Don’t say things that you don’t mean, things that you don’t know anything about just because you think it’s funny. Don’t bully because it makes you feel better about yourself or because it makes you feel strong. Think about the person that you are bullying, how many tears they have cried because of the words that you have said. Accept them as they are, not as you want them to be.

Bullies do the things that they do not because they hate the gay or lesbian individual that they are in front of. Bullies do these things out of fear, insecurity and a list of other things. Just because someone is gay does not mean that they have a disease, it does not mean that they are dirty and it definitely does not mean that they are going to hit on you just because you are the same sex that they are. In fact, more often than not that bully is not the gay person’s cup of tea.

A gay person has more things that they have to worry about than what you think of them. The things that you need to take care of in school, they have to do the same. The things that you need to take care of at home; they need to do as well. The only real difference between a bully and the person being bullied is the person that is being bullied thinks about the incidents that happen over and over again day after day.

There are people that support the ones that have to endure the bullying day after day. There are support systems put in place by various organizations to visit schools and talk about sexual preference as well as bullying. There are training programs that teachers within the school can take to make them more aware of what is going on. The best thing are the peer groups that are put together to help support each other through the bullying. Remember to accept everyone as they are, for when you do they will do the same for you.