GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Choose to focus your time, energy and conversation around people who inspire you, support you and help you to grow you into your happiest, strongest, and wisest self. 

~Karen Salmansohn

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have he right people there to support you.

~Misty Copeland

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

I have seen great intolerance in support of tolerance.


~Samuel Taylor Cooleridge, Poet (1772-1834)

Genevieve's Gems

In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.

~Iyanla Vanzant, Author (b.1953)

Commentary

I have begun to take an interest in the bisexual community. Bisexual and transgender people are not always held in high regard among some of our gay and lesbian peeps.  I have heard bisexuals described as confused, playing both sides, or undecided. Transgender people have been call masqueraders, fake or wanna-be women, or perverts.  

One gripe I have is the idea that you have to fit into a particular box in order to be accepted. People need to be respected and accepted for who they are! I would think that GL folks would be beyond this since they suffered the same discrimination that bisexual and transgender people have. Guess I was wrong.

The opposition loves to see gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people fight amongst ourselves (the old divide-and-conquer routine). Anyway, I am looking to cultivate friendships among my bisexual brethren. Though we have different issues, there are many things we share in common. I'm attempting to do the same with intersex, gender loving, and gender variant people. 

We need to support one another because we only have each other for the most part. I may not always agree with everything they do but I do support their efforts. Above all, I respect them for who they are. 

Genevieve

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