Just Another Day

Well, I woke up this morning at 0400, an hour before my alarm clock went off......UGGGG! I really miss home, and I've only been down here for four days. It's too hot to sleep well at night since the AC in my dorm room only goes down to 72 degrees F. I also think that I'm not sleeping well, because I don't have two dogs laying on me during the night. I'm hoping that I get a good fatigue sleep over the weekend, and not in class. This class is going to be a really good experience for me. I'm learning how to be a better writer when it comes to Official Correspondance. I'll learn to be a better public speaker with the five to six speeches we have to give while we're here.

It's official, the legislation to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the yearly cost of living raise for the military was not passed today. I think it has to do with the fact that there are too many Senators up for re-election this fall, and they don't want their names attached to the bill. Let's face it, the majority of people who vote, still think that being gay is a choice......i.e. our grandparents. I just wish that the rest of the public could see that it is not different from "Seperate But Equal" it is legalized discrimination. It really pisses me off to know that we are so politically correct when it comes to racial and sexual discrimination, that we are numb to the discrimination that is occuring based on who someone is sexually attracted to. I mean, I'm not allowed to use the N word or call someone of Hispanic origin a Wetback, but it's perfectly ok for gays to have to suffer in silence in the closet or when ever someone calls them a fag. The really sad thing is that the gay community just sits there and takes it. They don't rally together to expell representatives that won't vote to allow for gay marriage or repeal this law. I guess all of the strong willed gays have died out from AIDS or old age. Where are the Queens who started the Stonewall Riots?

Class

Well, class offically started today. We mainly focused on school policies and rules. I took a look at the material that we are going over tomorrow. It involves the things that we have to do as a nation to support the initiatives of our Governement in regards to the War on Terror.

Parts of it made we think of the current policy that we as a Government do not negotiate with terrorists or those nations that support/harbor terrorists. However with the Iranian Hiker Prisoners, I am curious to see if President Obama is going to talk to the Iranian President about his request that we release five prisoners we are holding "as an act of good faith" for the release of the other two prisoners they are holding. I hate the fact that these young men and young woman were taken as prisoners. But my question is what the hell were they doing hiking in Iraq while a war was going on?

Lady Gaga

Well, this past Tuesday David and I went to see Lady Gaga in concert. Even though we had pretty crappy seats, the concert was amazing. I've always been one to be moved by music, but that night, something in me clicked. Especially when she stated talking about how she is working with homeless teenagers who are LGBT and her work to try to get "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repealed.

I used to think that as gay Americans, we had the same rights as everyone else. That night, it dawned on me how I am a second class citizen since I am not allowed to talk about my significant other like everyone else at work is. It also dawned on me that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is nothing more than a legal way for our Government to discriminate against a growing portion of our population. I was so moved, I actually wrote to my Senators to ask them to stand with Senator Reid and repeal a law that Bill Clinton allowed to pass through congress as a "compromise" to a campaign promise he made. You know, I have never been ashamed of anyone that I dated in the past, but I also didn't love them so much that I wanted to take them with me to work functions like I love David.

I also saw the light on another subject that I really still don't agree with, just because I don't agree with the practice at all. But we in the LGBT community deserve to be as miserable in our relationships as heterosexual peoples. Why should I not be able to claim head of household when I bring in more money to the house when we pool our resources like a married couple? It's nothing more than another case of legal discrimination.