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I'm not exactly sure when I REALIZED I was gay. So busy crying and burping and spitting up and of course that diaper thingy.
BUT...I DO know when I BECAME gay.
BIRTH. Not that I remember it all that well.
In other words I, just like every other gay person on the planet, CAME this way.
The DNA or G-nome or whatever...was baked into our genetic cake so to speak..and then the fun began. Feeling ostracized and being discriminated against by people who have nothing better to do than to foment hate and let it eat at them is definitely no fun. It is also highly unnecessary. They of the hater class of course are merely feeling generous and only wanting to share what they believe is their solemn right to spew as well as their (GOD-GIVEN of course) right to project onto others who through no fault of their own have come into this world a person deemed 'different' by those who feel threatened by those they deem different than they. I know, gets confusing doesn't it. Hate usually is.
Ignorance is bliss as they say and these of the hater class must be in bliss heaven.
We are ALL mere human beings, and have a penchant for HATE. BUT, make no mistake. There is truly only one race. THE HUMAN RACE and in that we are all basically alike.
HATE serves no good purpose and eats at the victim of it like the cancer it IS.
NOBODY DESERVES to live in that shadow.
NOBODY DESERVES to be forced to live someone else's nightmare...
especially involuntarily.
SO, I DECIDED....TAH DAH...
to try to do what I can to right the ship and help young (or not so young) LGBTQ people to feel less hated and to feel better about themselves. THUS the series "The World Beyond". In this series Dylan and his significant others depending on the novel are pretty normal and living pretty normal lives, are accepted in their communities, and after some 'coming out' trials, emerge for the most part unscathed and begin lives that benefit those around them less fortunate in their dealing with sexual orientation. This to Dylan's credit is who he is and while he and his mate never really struggled with that, it is what a lot of gays go through. They eventually....ah but you'll just have to read on.
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Beyond the world most people know is another world, beyond their imagination and reach...a world of pain and conflict. A world where kids are beaten and murdered and even if not, their lives are tortured by feelings of guilt and anxiety and humiliation, a feeling of being always on the outside looking in, a life without joy and peace.
Kids who come from ultra conservative and religious homes have it the worst, but there are also the kids from troubled parents who take their anger at themselves out on those closest to them...the weaker ones. There are those who suffer physical and verbal abuse from an early age and even sexual abuse and it is often those who have seemingly no other recourse than to harbor it until it erupts like a long-slumbering volcano suddenly blowing its literal top and spewing its innards all over the countryside upon whomever is closest. It is a blinding mix of smoke and the ashes of the long ago past and it is hot as Hell to the touch, burning into the heart and soul of anyone unlucky enough to get in its path.
LGBTQ kids come from every background, ethnic group, social strata, nationality...some from every walk of life. Some from loving homes while others are not. Some from economically well-off parents and others not.
LGBTQ kids are no different than any other kid but for one thing. They are GAY.
This sets them apart often from early childhood. It usually isolates unless they can find others like themselves. In big cities that is usually easier, but in small towns that can be tough. Kids can be ruthlessly bullying and hostile to those deemed to be outside of 'THEIR NORM' and that happens all over the world. It is getting somewhat easier in many countries but not easy. Sexual orientation is such a personal thing in the early years. It can be confusing and isolating.
By writing this series of novels I hope to extend a hand of understanding to these kids...and a message that they are not alone. They are not unique, different, strange, weird, and unwanted. They need to know that and also to see that there are millions and hundreds of millions of kids just like them...slogging through each day just like them...and most of all lettiing them know someone cares and understands.
IT IS TIME FOR US TO STOP LOSING KIDS TO HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. The rate of teen suicide SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE.
It is for me. IT SHOULD BE FOR YOU TOO.
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CONTINUE TO THE PROLOGUE
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