For a long time, we have been receiving
the comment of "It's not the right time", every time we express our
desire to defend some civil rights.
I want to contribute to putting an end
to the myth of demands' priorities, because it's time for us to start looking
differently through the eyes of those who are lacking some rights, to see how it
affects their lives. Are they being discriminated, they might be a small group,
yet discriminated and not enjoying secure, prosper lives in their homeland.
In this post, I will discuss LGBT
rights, why are they important, why can't they be postponed, and what are the
behind-the-scenes that you might not know.
Life as a gay person is to wake, head
to your family and say, "Good Morning", not sharing any of the
stories happened last night as you met someone who you really liked in a small
gay party. Then you dress up, of course you cannot put some gay cloth on,
because as your Mom says, "What will people say if they saw you that
way!", or as your Dad usually comments, "That's so gay, son ... Go get some Men stuff".
So, you're ready to go, you can't walk
the way you feel like, because according to your friends, the way you walk is
so gay, seems like a girl, so straighten up, go Robot-walk.
You go to college, you meet with your
friends, you should of course do the special hail, you hit each other on the
chest, which you really hate, but if you don't do it, you'll seem so gay!
Afterwards, at night, you hang out with
your friends. You stand by the corner in the street, looking at every girl
passing by and verbally harass her, whether they like it or not. You have to
share them this masculine activity, and keep talking about how you find women's asses hot, and boobs unbelievably erotic, although you don't really think so,
but again, do you want to be called Gay?! No... Then, go on..
At night, you're alone, you lay down on
bed, thinking about the next time you'll meet the cute guy from the party, you
really like him. You think how you satisfied everyone today, you family, your
friends, even people you don't really know. You proved to them that you are not
you; you showed them what they want to see, avoiding what they hate to see.
Do you think that's a life, being
unable to be who you are, does it seem to be very unimportant, that it should
be last on our lists, because there are poor people, and uneducated people!
Guess what, gay people are human beings as well, they want to be who they are
without being called "Khawal" at every street, they want to hold
hands with who they love without being ashamed, they want to wear colorful
stuff just because they love too!
Tonight, I read about "Egypt’s
chief diplomatic representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
declared last week at a meeting about the universal right to association that
gays do not warrant protections and are considered not to be “real people” in
the Middle East."
This is real shit, this guy doesn't
represent me, and I'm real enough to write, to talk, to shout, to feel, to be
hurt for that I'm not admitted to be a real person, while you are more real
than me because you have a different sexual attraction! That's how it goes, if
you like opposite sex, then you are a real human being who deserves recognition
and rights, if you like same-sex, then you are just an illusion, something
that's not even there, having no rights.
This is not a luxury, that is basic
rights, we are human beings, we are more than just genital organs, we live, we
love, we laugh, we do hard work, we share into the revolutions of our nations,
we care about our country. That's not fair, and if you still think it should be
postponed, why don't you spend one day in our shoes?
