My NOH8 Photos 251-500
12/13/2010
- Mia Villa
- Happy 2nd Year Anniversary NOH8! I had to make the NOH8 on my cheek out of tape and a really bad marker, so sorry if it's not particularly good.
Anyway, I don't have much of a story YET. I'm still at a young age, and I haven't been around a lot, but I've heard stories, I've heard slurs thrown at kids my age that make me cringe, I've had slurs thrown at me and my closest friends in the whole world. Bullying hurts, that's what I'm trying to say, and I hate where it can lead-depression, anger, suicide, etc.
Last year, I joined my school's GSA and I finally felt like this was a place where I could belong. Back then, there were only about...seven members, I think, including the teachers, but today, there are more than TWENTY, and I'm it's secretary. Just a month ago, my GSA decided to start a GSA Newsletter which will be going around the school, and I was in charge of finding LGBT resources/links. Which is how I found the NOH8 Campaign. And...well, look at me now! :)
I'm still at a young age, but I know what I want to be, what I want to do: I want to help give everybody the right to love who they want to love and the right to marry who they love. I want to contribute in making this world a better place for us pre-teens and teenagers and, well, EVERYONE, and for the next generation, and the next. :)
Still, though, sorry for the crummy picture. I was being rushed. :/
Anyway, I don't have much of a story YET. I'm still at a young age, and I haven't been around a lot, but I've heard stories, I've heard slurs thrown at kids my age that make me cringe, I've had slurs thrown at me and my closest friends in the whole world. Bullying hurts, that's what I'm trying to say, and I hate where it can lead-depression, anger, suicide, etc.
Last year, I joined my school's GSA and I finally felt like this was a place where I could belong. Back then, there were only about...seven members, I think, including the teachers, but today, there are more than TWENTY, and I'm it's secretary. Just a month ago, my GSA decided to start a GSA Newsletter which will be going around the school, and I was in charge of finding LGBT resources/links. Which is how I found the NOH8 Campaign. And...well, look at me now! :)
I'm still at a young age, but I know what I want to be, what I want to do: I want to help give everybody the right to love who they want to love and the right to marry who they love. I want to contribute in making this world a better place for us pre-teens and teenagers and, well, EVERYONE, and for the next generation, and the next. :)
Still, though, sorry for the crummy picture. I was being rushed. :/
![Brittany VanHorn - Why I posed.
Growing up I was very involved in theatre. I convinced my best friend to do it too. He loved it. He discovered that he can be himself and no one judged him for it. In other activities, he felt that judging is all people could do. Shortly after we graduated, I got a phone call. "Brittany, I think you are the least judgmental and the most accepting person I've ever met. You've probably known longer than I have, but I'm gay....Say something" "[insert name here] I know. I know. I've known since 8th grade, when you asked me if you were gay." A few weeks later I get a phone call from another friend, this one is 4 years younger. He came out to me and didn't know how to tell his mom. He told his mom, but she completely blew it off, after reading the story of Sadam and Gomora (sp?) to him several times and Leviticus at least twice. After all that, he just took it back and said, "Mom, I might be gay, but I'm not sure yet." There are pictures of him and his boy friend up on facebook for the world, including his mother, to see. I have so many stories like this. All telling me of hardships they've had at school; how they can't come out in high school because of the locker room situation. I love them all dearly, and I hate to see them suffer. I want to be a part of something bigger than myself. That's why I did this. The times are changing. The laws have evolved with every generation. It's time for a revolution.](/my_noh8_photos/659/TIGHT_small.jpg?1292244802 "Brittany VanHorn - Why I posed.
Growing up I was very involved in theatre. I convinced my best friend to do it too. He loved it. He discovered that he can be himself and no one judged him for it. In other activities, he felt that judging is all people could do. Shortly after we graduated, I got a phone call. \"Brittany, I think you are the least judgmental and the most accepting person I've ever met. You've probably known longer than I have, but I'm gay....Say something\" \"[insert name here] I know. I know. I've known since 8th grade, when you asked me if you were gay.\" A few weeks later I get a phone call from another friend, this one is 4 years younger. He came out to me and didn't know how to tell his mom. He told his mom, but she completely blew it off, after reading the story of Sadam and Gomora (sp?) to him several times and Leviticus at least twice. After all that, he just took it back and said, \"Mom, I might be gay, but I'm not sure yet.\" There are pictures of him and his boy friend up on facebook for the world, including his mother, to see. I have so many stories like this. All telling me of hardships they've had at school; how they can't come out in high school because of the locker room situation. I love them all dearly, and I hate to see them suffer. I want to be a part of something bigger than myself. That's why I did this. The times are changing. The laws have evolved with every generation. It's time for a revolution.")
