Today saw
Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe come out as gay.
I for one am always glad to hear of someone coming out as gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender. Sometimes these
comings out are just statements that are released via their PR people, through
their Twitter or the news. Other times
they’re deeply persona and inspirational such as Ellen Paige’s recent coming
out.
However the
person chooses to come out the event is something that should be
celebrated. Someone has finally chosen
to be their true selves. No matter the
reason for them having hidden an aspect of themselves, be it fear of prejudice,
loss of status or the fear of rejection from friends and family, coming out
should be something that is celebrated.
It’s a shame
though that so many people choose someone’s coming out as a chance to attack
other people and express their own hatred and prejudice.
Unfortunately
Ian Thorpe is one of these individuals, having already received dozens of foul
and hateful messages on the social networking site Twitter.
Fortunately there
are also a lot of people out there that have shown him some support.
I myself just want to wish Ian all the best in the world and congratulate him on finding the strength to be himself and enjoy his life as the person he is meant to be.
I really
hope that one day there will come a point where people won’t have to ‘come out’
and they can just be themselves. But
more than anything I hope that there comes a time when people don’t feel the
need to spread vile crap about people based upon who they love.
Amy.
xx
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