Well Hello there! Thanks for checking out my blog I hope you enjoy the ride. I created this blog as a way to put my thoughts and feelings dreams and plans on paper. (Your probably thinking: Hey this isnt paper its the internet! touché young apprentice To friggin shey!) What should my first blog be about? Well lets start with the name The Utah Queer. You may be thinking "Hey! Dont insult yourself!" Well my friend the word "queer" as an insult is SO 1970's. This past year i have been finding who i am and what i believe in and now that i have all that pretty much figured out, now i want to teach people.
Lets start with the acronym GLBT. This stands for Gay, Lesbian Bi and Transgender. A gay person or "homosexual" is a self proclomation or adjective to say hey guess what i am a boy and i just so happen to like them so there! Lesbian is the same but with two women. Bi means you like both genders (stayin up on the fence then are we? hmm hmmm!) and transgender is a way to say I might have been born with the plumbing of a (insert either male or female here) but i actually kind of want to be known as (insert opposite gener here.)
In recent times though the acronym GLBT has grown more large to fit other peoples self identitys. I think the most current is GLBTQI. Q for queer and I for intersex. (someone who's genetical plumbing decided to pick both.
This gets VERY confusing doesnt it? Thats why we invented the cute short small 5 letter word
QUEER. This is a word to use when you dont have much time to say GLBTQI. It simply means "different" If you ask someone there orientation they might say oh im gay im lesbian or they might just have a little bit of mystery and say queer. This is a great word because it includes all GLBTQI people. A good example is i recently went on a splending camp called queer camp. A good decision to call it queer camp than having to call it gay lesbian bi transgender queer intersex camp.
This can sometimes make a persons head spin but its not to difficult to understand. Just teach yourself little by little if your unfamiliar with the queer scene or simply realizing who you are! My Blog will be here everystep of the way!
Please remember that your sexuality is not a choice! Its who you are! Your not wierd your not diseased and as much as the prominent male heterosexual world tries to tell you differently God actually does love you! The people in the picture at the top of this page seem to be so narrowminded they think god hates people. What a crappy god they have!
Lets end with a quote. This Quote requires a bit of explaining for people who arent to familiar with the current laws of queer people and the army. The current law is dont ask dont tell. Which means you can be gay and be in the army you just have to be closeted. You cant tell them and they ask if you are. So this means if you tell someone your gay or if you get caught having a sexual relationship with someone of the same gender you get excommunicated.....Did i say excommunicated? I meant discharge.
When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. ~Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988
Thanks so much for looking at my blog I hope you come back! Do send me e-mails with any suggestions you have! and if there are any topics you want suggested (maybe a person or time in history you want to learn about or just a fun topic) Then shoot me off an email at Theutahqueer@gmail.com
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