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To My People: A Message

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This one’s to my people

To everyone who ever lied to themselves to be normal
To everyone who was told that who they are was wrong
Who have been told that they are going to hell
Who could not hold hands with the one they love
Who had to wear the wrong clothes their whole life
Who ever had someone question something only they can know about themselves

To everyone who cannot find representation in media
Who ever had to explain to someone what coming out is
Who have felt like their whole world could crash and burn
With only a few words
Who have stood up and been brave about themselves
To everyone who had to hide who they are because of discrimination

This one’s to my people
To everyone who lives a double life
Who has to fight to change their birth certificates
Who has to take bakeries to court just to get a wedding cake
Who has to constantly remind people of their correct pronouns
Who has to cut 20 colleges from their applications because they are gay

To everyone who was watching
Who was watching Bayard Rustin and Harvard Milk
Chaz Bono and Jennifer Boylan
Ellen DeGeneres and Lady Gaga
Ian Harvie and Andrea James
To everyone who was inspired

To everyone who stood up and rioted at Stonewall
Who fought the AIDS Crisis
Who struggled under DOMA
Who suffered because of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Who obtained a marriage license in Alabama

This one’s to my people
To everyone who has been too afraid to stand up and say who they are
To everyone who has swallowed their words
To everyone who has tried to speak up, and then thought twice
To everyone who has lost themselves in all the terrified lies
To everyone who has been too scared to be themselves

For you
A message
Stop
Stop obsessing stop worrying stop thinking about what could go wrong
Stop running stop hiding stop being too afraid to be proud
And Start Being.






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