What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Hello world,
I grew up in a world where you didn’t date,
Couldn’t date!
It’s not like it’s taught at Luther College in Decorah Iowa,
Luther College in a class called Gender studies,
Being gay is still taught a choice
Where gays are allowed to mingle in the Union at 8:30 in a club called Pride,
Not allowed to hold hands would be seen dating in public in the year is 212,
Started coming out bit by bit,
At twenty-six,
Knew I liked girls at six,
At forty you have no dating skills,
At forty you find your cousins think you are retarded,
Because that’s what a father told his family when they asked why you didn’t date boys,
I told my cousin who thought I was retarded because I didn’t date boys I have never been retarded I have always been gay,
I lost all of my Christian cousins on that revelation that I was gay,
Being gay is not a choice!
Being transgendered is not a choice,
I was told at 50 that all Lesbians and Gays ate really just transgendered!
I told the b**** I was not male I’m a soft Butch lesbian,
Means I have more masculine genes than feminine,
One professor that worked at Luther was married to a lovely lady Dr Ginger Merrit, would walk her wife Linda all over the campus,
I admire her strength and her courage,
Luther College is one of the first colleges in the state of Iowa to allow Pride as one of the clubs on campus get got it not at all we’re not different than the straight people we are equal yet we have no rights on campus,
I was the oldest history student on campus, who had been hit by a car in a crosswalk, I have a TBI , was not allowed to test out of Statistics without doing formulas so it was dropped out after 4 years studying year round at Luther College,
Come out!
Don’t suffer,
The stings of arrows piercing your heart,
Only you walking your shoes,
Love all you can,
Love every chance you get,
You’re not less because you’re gay!
You deserve to be happy,
Life is too short to cry
Pray to die!
Simply because you don’t fit into their square peg!
Val Whitewolf 