My topic is going to be about the hardships of being in the lgbtq+ community. Existing is hard but living in lies is harder. The family aspect is specifically hard. You develop feelings when you are young. You do not think negatively of it until people put things into your mind. From young I was told how wrong it is to be gay or trans. This affected me greatly as I grew up. When I first had any feelings, I thought it was normal and there was nothing negative around it. Once someone put these thoughts in my mind it messed up my life. It created identity issues and problems with developing relationships. It is important as a parent to be supportive. Why do people need to come out? Why does everyone need to know I like girls? Can’t I just come home with my partner? Can I just live a normal life and date? The answer is no, but this is all I wish. I wish that other people were not suffering from this. I wish there were no such thing as coming out the closet. Pride parades are nice but there is not a straight parade. When I say this, I am trying to say why is it such a big deal. Why can’t it just be a regular thing? Why must we stand out? All it had caused it negativity and hate. People killing and disowning their own children. People say you are going to hell if you are gay but that cannot be true because hell is this earth in my opinion and straights live here too. Hell consists of people who commit evil acts to those who are just loving on whoever they want to love on.