I Am an LGBTQ Ally!

(Button that I bought from the "I <3 Female Orgasm" event at school)

 

Hello all and welcome back to my blog! Hope you all had good holidays with your families and friends!

So, as my title states, I am an LGBTQ Ally, meaning I support lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgendered, and people who question their sexuality (as well as anyone else whose sexuality isn’t specified in there!). I support equal rights, and since they are people (yes, their DNA samples and their blood is purely human on a biological level- it’s astounding!), their rights should protected too. It’s just that simple.

If only it were seen as such. The rights of homosexuals have been debated for years. Are they human? Yep. Do they walk the earth among us? Yep. Do they have feelings? Yep. Are they heterosexual? Whoa, slow down now. Who is it that decides who deserves marriage, jobs, and such, and who doesn’t deserve it? Technically, that doesn’t even matter now. The fact of the matter is that we are policing ourselves. We have the final say in how we act, who we shun, and who/what we put on a pedestal. And then our children take our places- for better or for worse.

I grew up in a community that tolerates homosexuality more than anything else, instead of supporting. I didn’t even know what the word “gay” was or meant until middle school and didn’t know anything outside of heterosexuality. So in short- heterosexuality was indirectly preached, homosexuality was indirectly shot down as a choice for me and a lot of my friends and family members. But even so, I know that I have it better than others. Wherein I would face ridicule in my hometown, someone can be jailed or even put to death in another country (there are a few countries that have heavy penalties such as that). I know not every place in the world is safe for every type of person, but I find that ridiculous.

So after being brought up in a semi-homophobic community, why am I an ally? I’ve thought of a lot of reasons, but I’ve narrowed it down to simply this: I have friends who are homosexual. It’s likely that I have friends and family members who may be hiding their sexuality out of fear. I, myself, am questioning my own sexuality and have been for years (I’ll address it more in another post). People who are going through the same thing don’t need another person hating them or hating around them (on people who have already come out) and creating fear about coming out themselves, and I’ll leave it at that.

Does this mean that anyone and everyone who supports homosexual is homosexual themselves? Of course not. It just means that you support the rights of people who may or may not be a little different from you.

A penny for your thoughts- I hope I left an impression on them. Happy New Year everyone!

Dropping the knowledge while they’re dropping the ball in New York,

~H.P. Echo~

I Am Female!

Hi peoples!

Just thought I needed to make this clear since I didn’t exactly say anything of it in my first entry or even my profile (maybe). I wanted to get the main things out of the way before I got into the deep stuff, and since you guys cannot see me beyond my words, I think that I have to state the seemingly obvious.

So yes, I am female. Does this affect what I will put down in the blog, my views and opinions? Possibly. But, as I have seen from the turnout of my Women’s Studies class this past semester- in which guys were voluntarily in (and are heterosexual, mind you)- sex (and sexual orientation for that matter) does not mean that you care or don’t care for certain things. Anything that I talk about here, from college life to emotions to the female orgasm, affects everyone- not just women. I need to make that clear.

So technically… my gender should not matter. But as I said before, I just wanted to state it in case it isn’t as obvious as I think it is (and with the Internet, these days you never know). I was born a girl in the late 20^th century, and I have claimed my female-hood since then. I have all my feminine bits. My personality, thoughts, and sexuality are another story (especially since I read Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man), and will be tackled in a later post.

This does not mean that my posts will be completely “girly-girly” and about sparkles, pink, and kittens (though I do LOVE cats) or completely “tomboyish” and about dirt, fishing, and sports (though I do exercise recreationally, have run track and cross-country during high school and am currently in my college’s martial arts club). By societal standards, you “must” be one or the other- preferably the former- but I am not. Though my mother dreads it, I am utterly androgynous (meaning I’m somewhere in between girly and tomboy… average). And with all these conflicting messages, there is no real definition of what it means to be a girl. So hopefully I can get things on the blog spectrum that both girls and guys will like.

Now, because I am female, there may be some stuff you guys won’t want to hear about- I get that. For the younger audience- parents, I know you don’t like your kids using the words us young adults say. So while being utterly honest with you all, I will try to use the least offensive words I know (because there are so many substitutes for swear words). Some of my subjects, however, will not be censored (in the way that they are not talked about or talked about so little that it may take you by surprise when I mention it), so reader be warned.

Anything else? Mmm for now, no. If I can think of anything else, rest assured that I will either come back to expand on this post or will address this later. But my parting question is this: What does it mean to be female? Any questions or comments, leave them and I’ll read and respond to them later on. Thanks people! Happy Holidays to all! And to those who aren’t celebrating this year- have a good day!

Hand over the nail polish and the cargo pants, Santa,

~H.P. Echo~

I Am Cautious!

Hola my peoples.

If a few of you have visited my page or profile before, you have probably noticed that there are a few changes. I have been reading up on blogs in order to better my blog before it’s barely begun, and I’ve noticed a few things that needed to be changed.

So, if you haven’t noticed, this is an anonymous blog. This way, I can more freely talk about the more sensitive topics and talk about my experiences and thoughts- with consideration of my readers, of course. So I have altered a few things here; I apologize if I’ve shocked anyone thus far- I’m still learning the way of the blogging world, the “right ways” and the “wrong ways” to do things around here.

So as I said before, I want to tackle subjects that can be sensitive without giving myself away and without hurting anyone (people that I know and people that I don’t know), all while maintaining a strong dialogue with you guys. Anonymity is the only way I can see this being done right now (which means that the video blogging idea is out for now…).

Just thought that I would give you guys the heads-up. Thanks! I will begin the tackling later on in the week!

Careful where I step,

~H.P. Echo~

P.S. – No, the “H.P.” does not stand for Harry Potter, in case you were wondering.

I Am Here!

Hello audience!

My name is H.P. Echo. Welcome to my blog!

I've created this blog to share my thoughts with the world, maybe help and let people know they're not the only ones thinking the same thoughts, etc. I have prior blogging experience, but I have never had my own personal space before (i.e. - getting to choose my own link/address). But I figured that the time had come for me to get a fresh start since I am no longer a high school student and things are different now.

So I came up with the I Am Series on a bit of a whim. I've previously thought about doing something like this, I just didn't know how. Now is my chance to share my thoughts, hear everyone else's thoughts, and have a little bit of fun while doing it. I'll try to post regularly, and if you haven't figured it out, each post will have the "I Am" theme in the title and throughout the post (see title above). They can be adjectives, subjects, situations... random things going on in my life, sometimes responding to things in the world or just in my life in particular. I may deviate sometimes to make my titles work or get a point across, but that won't happen to often. And since you guys will be finding out more about me in my posts to come, I have to leave it hanging here.

So please stick around an read. First post, "I Am Here-" done!


~H.P. Echo~