“Love” has a very strong meaning behind it,
our “rights” has a strong meaning too.
They both mean something very different,
but they determine who we are and what we do.

Society will only accept you if you’re straight,
so where does that leave the gays?
In the world we’re living in today, we’ve been told
what’s right and what’s wrong, but not everyone gets a say.

The LGBT community’s rights are limited,
and the thought of it is really heartbreaking.
They can’t speak their minds because
they’ll get turned down, and that’s very aggravating.

Some members are successful, while others
hide in their shadows in the dark.
Some are happy and others are sad,
it’s like spending a day at the amusement park.

To be an LGBT member with pride and
confidence is a member who has heart.
But speaking up, “coming out,” and
letting your voice be heard is the only hard part.

Yet, Ellen DeGeneres did just that in 1997.
She “came out” on TV with little hesitation.
And after 20 long years, she became one of the
most successful talk show hosts in the nation.

She still can’t do entirely everything that
straight people in the past have already done.
She can’t serve and fight for our rights,
and we can thank Donald Trump for that one.

The LGBT community has been fighting
for their rights since 1924. It seems like they
take one step forward and get pushed two steps
back because they have to keep fighting for more.

We can’t love one another or love ourselves
if we’re constantly discriminating and hating each other.
Instead of pushing each other away,
we need to come together as sisters and brothers.

“Coming out” isn’t very easy for LGBT members.
They live in fear of constantly being judged and criticized.
But the second someone speaks up or retaliates,
everyone else suddenly acts shocked and surprised.

They always get publicly humiliated. Told
they’re sinners, not humans, don’t belong.
But they’re they exact opposite. They ARE humans,
they’re NOT sinners, they DO belong, and they’re STRONG.

I am not a member of the LGBT community,
but I have family members that are.
I love them just as much as anyone else in my
family, they’ve taught me so much in life so far.

They taught me that love is love, and
that we need to be happy in our own skin.
We all need to accept one another, because
since when has being happy become a sin?

My cousin and her partner are engaged,
they are getting married next year.
The love they have for each other is so
beautiful, it honestly brings me to tears.

LGBT members deserve to be happy, and to
be given every right in the entire universe.
They’re human beings with feelings,
not some mythological creature with a curse.

They deserve to be comfortable.
They deserve to feel safe.
They deserve to feel loved.
They deserve to have RIGHTS.