06/08/2016
Today, in the 21st century, we see people in Brazil from different social and political representations waging a war against homosexual people on a daily basis.
It is sad and shameful that people clearly encourage violence against their "neighbour", using religion as an argument. No religion teaches hatred, this is a human feeling. Fortunately this hatred was not directed to me personally, but I cried when I knew of friends and other people I don't personally know who have fallen victim to homophobia.
Brazil has this reputation of being a beautiful and welcoming country, and I am happy to say that this is true. But it also has this dark side that many know can lead people to a social and emotional ghetto.
I see, Brazil as full of all colours and races, but the black population is definitely less valued. They still struggle against slavery even though it has long been abolished, but the remnants of this time are still prevalent in 2016.
In the le***an universe, this total is much lower, even lower in the black le***an universe. There is prejudice within this minority and naive phobias that come from the lack of human knowledge towards each other.
Firstly, I was born.
I grew up in a multi cultural society which is divided into ethnic groups. I belong to the black race. And I have always been proud to be black. In fact this form of discrimination never bothered me, I learned early on that before anything I would hear from
someone else on the street and aggressive behaviour, I needed to understand the difficulty of others in understanding humanity.
Ok, I am not perfect and as a human I know my faults and my limits.
Once I knew myself as a human being, I found me as a person. I am homosexual, le***an, d**e, truck driver (so many adjectives). I am a WOMAN and I would like to be treated as an equal, without labels.
And then I became part of another group that is also very segregated.
Does it matter in such a way that there is a world that covertly accepts the skin colour of people, that color can not change,
but that it will decide and can interfere with, the way you look at others or you even talk to.
With freedom of expression I was able to understand me as a person and affirm my place in society. I participate in groups and attend activist meetings, through these things I found that "my world" is not just me, there are thousands of people just like me who are seeking those same rights.
Being black and a le***an in Brazil? I try to evolve every day.
But I have found my center. I support several causes, but I'm not at the front.
It's why I believe we need to fight and defend what and who we are, but I do not feel comfortable treating the world
how the world treats me.
I have matured. No longer do I see the "iron and fire" with the same sense I see myself, as even water and its fragility leave deep marks wherever it flows.
Defining me as a natural phenomenon, has seen me in the past as the storm, but today I am the calm that precedes it.
I did not choose to be who I am, I found myself in this world. I have normal fears of being "different" in a society that judges and does not understand, but I do not hide myself. Now, when I'm dating I like to walk hand in hand on the street, I face the stares head on and do not care with what other people think. Why? Because I'm happy with who I am.
Being a black le***an in Brazil is a victory because I know who I am and who I represent. For me it is pride, and I do not care what others think of me. Why judge me when you don't know me?
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