Feb. 21

Today we talked about ideas of gays and lesbians back in the day compared to today. This topic kind of hit home because I recently had a friend come out of the closet. It took him 23 years to do this and he said it was the hardest thing he has done. Today gays and lesbians are more accepted then years ago. People are more open on the idea. It still is not extremely popular but like I said it is more accepted. It helps tremendously that people are backing this lifestyle. One name that pops to my head immediately is Lady Gaga. She recently just dropped her singles off of her new CD, Born This Way. The title itself shows her support. She voices her opinions often through her music and through rallies that are put on around the United States about this topic. In the past people have not been that willing to put their opinion out there like that. People say that gays and lesbians won't go to heaven and this idea is still around. They use to think that being gay or a lesbian meant that you had a disease or made you a pedophile, which is not true. I am glad that people can come out and still live a decent life. There still is room for improvement.