Today's blog post is about the terrible tragedy that happened in Orlando earlier today.
As a LGBT+ person myself I need to talk about this. We all need to talk about this. Politicians, the Government, families, senator's, allies, congress, young people, old people and everyone in-between this is an event that needs to be spoken about. Everyone needs to know that this can't continue this has to stop and it has to stop now. We need to teach everyone especially the younger generation, that homophobia is a horrible thing and that we cannot have it in our society any longer and we will not tolerate it.
Tonight in Orlando a shooter opened fire on innocent civilians in the Pulse gay nightclub, over 20 have been reported to have been killed and over 40 have been injured. All of these victims were just innocent people on a night out. They were innocent. They didn't ask to be shot or expect this. All these people wanted was a night out in an environment where they felt like they fitted in but instead they ended up in a situation where they were scared for their lives.
This can't go on. Innocent people cannot keep being killed for just being themselves. People should not be dying for loving a certain gender. This has to end. And it has to end today. LGBT+ are constantly under attack and it's just wrong and it has to stop. All they. We, are doing is falling in love with someone or just being ourselves or expressing who we are. There is NOTHING wrong with being LGBT+ and there is NOTHING wrong with loving someone of the same gender. Love is just that, love. We can't help who we are just as much people can't help the colour of their skin, we are born this way.
I myself are proud of being LGBT+. That is a statement for me, that will never change.
The flag, our flag is representative of peace and love, not hate and death. Our flag must continue to show our love and the love we have for the victims of this violent attack on our people. So we must fly our flags high and with great pride to show our union against hate.
LGBT+ people should feel safe no matter where they are if it's in the street, in our own homes, in a nightclub or anywhere in the world.
June is pride month. We should be celebrating LGBT+ people, not mourning them.
We should be celebrating differences, not being oppressed into being 'normal'.
