i felt as if i had been choked out
as if there were rocks in my stomach
as if i had a lump in my throat
when i saw the tweets
calling my people utterly disgusting for loving the same gender
saying that non-binary people are just indecisive
calling transgender people repulsive
we are hated
but keep in mind young queers you are also loved in many peoples’ hearts
there will always be someone somewhere thinking of you
they think throwing you out of the only home you have ever known will help you
saying things like “pray the gay away” or “it’s just a phase” will help you
sending you off to a scary unknown place will help you
but it won’t
and for the people who are fortunate like me to live in a supportive household
remember that we don’t live in a dream
there are people just like you suffering
if we lived in a perfect world we wouldn’t be hated
everyone would love us
we could walk down the street holding hands with whoever we wanted
and no one would care
but we don’t live in a perfect world
and for that
we are Hated
