[LoyalWolfsBlade]

Hate is on my mind a lot lately. All forms of it but I will admit the hate being shown towards the LGBT community rides for most on my mind lately. It does not help that I have gotten back to reading and passing on to Facebook and Google+ the news articles I read on the subject and there has been a lot of hate crimes against our community recently. Stuff that does not hit the national news media and that in itself pisses me off. It is 2012 and a lesbian or transgender can be attacked in some way and it rarely makes the national news level and when it does you hear that it is under investigation for a possible hate crime. Every time I read that I actually say WTF how is this not a hate crime! Most of it could be prevented by simply educating children and the society at large that you do not have to agree with or even like the persons sexuality but that does not give you the right to attack someone over it. It is also on my mind because when I was a kid I was attacked many times for being butch it was the era but I had hoped our world had improved over the years. I worry about it because I have a niece and a second cousin coming up in this and I need them to be safe to not have to face the hate I did. I just don't get it. Why do people find the way you are different and attack you for it? I wish they could see that what makes me different makes me unique (or anyone for that matter)! For many reasons hate as been on my mind lately. However I have been able to find joy in who I really am at least once during the day and when I close my eyes at night I am proud of how unique I am!