As you already know, I was born this way. Before we met, I had a secret. A secret that was killing me. I was lying to every living soul on this planet, including myself. I was deep inside a closet with no hope of coming out. It was becoming increasingly harder to breathe, because I was always holding my breath to hold my secret deeper inside. Even my smiles couldn't hide the self-loathing that infected me to my core.
When I first met You, I had given up on finding love. I had given up on finding pleasure. I had given up on finding happiness. I had given up on myself.
Meeting You let me peer into a world I wanted to live in. It gave me hope. It gave me the hug I desperately needed to breathe again. I finally spoke my truth. I finally revealed my secret... to myself...then to You.
You let me be myself. Something I'd never been before. You helped me meet others...who appreciated me... who helped me to start appreciating myself. For that, I am forever grateful.
Soon, I became comfortable in my skin. I shared the beauty of others. I wrote stories sharing my deepest darkest fantasies and secrets. I shared myself - inside and out. You became the sexual, creative, passionate, loving, fetish-filled outlet that I needed to survive.
I am who I am, because of You. However, You have decided to turn your back on me. Turning Your back on the very freedom You created. You have the power. You have the immense power to change the world. You can wield that power for good or for evil. You are making me angry. You are hurting me more than you've ever helped me.
My pain isn't for myself. Yes, I will struggle to find other creative outlets and ways to keep up with all my friends I have made: the true heroes in this story. You provided the platform, but They are the ones who really saved me. They are the ones who helped me discover myself and find hope. I am hurting because the decisions you make to silence my heroes will hurt so many others who haven't found hope yet. You are choosing to close a window into hope, and more importanly a door into freedom. My heroes and I will continue to fight, speak up, love, tell our stories, show the world we matter. We don't need You to survive, but others might. And for that, your simple choice to irrationally extinguish the hope for others, I have to put an end to our loving relationship. I will continue to use You to spread love and hope in any way that I can, but I need You to know that You are making a horrible mistake. You have the power and the choice to make the rules, but don't pretend to care. Don't mock us with hate speech covered in candy coated inspirational "accepting" lies. You continue to allow hate, and are choosing to eradicate freedom and love. It isn't a secret that you are motivated by greed not "a safer community".
You should change your mind and become an ally for the communities you are choosing to silence. Being an ally means supporting each identity - you can't pick and choose which identities to support. I beg of you: choose love NOT hate. Help everyone in your community... to breathe... to find happiness... to love... to discover themselves... and their community. Help hope flourish.
