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Transgender sticker
Aug. 1st, 2015 10:07 am from drewbiee02 (
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words from my cheated ex
Aug. 28th, 2010 10:30 pm from siriusblack1982 (
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Thank you for everything. I miss you too. I did love you and cared for you. Don't ever think I didn't. And I never cheated on you. I know you thought I did. But I never did. I wish I could have known this was going to happened but I didn't. You lied to me SEVERAL times. That is what hurts the most. But everything happens for a reason. God knows everything and sees everything. I hope you find yourself and peace of mind. I hope you find god and I wish you luck with that. It is very hard being without you too...
releasing
Aug. 19th, 2010 10:08 pm from siriusblack1982 (
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Well since my last entry, i have been having thoughts, and memories, haunting me like the plague spreading out through my body. I see Jose's face where ever i go, and its hard because, we went to a lot of places. So its hard for me to go anywhere, and when i get my life back together, i would want to go to my favorite places, with someone i care about, am just afraid of having to think of jose, and fall back into depression and miss him all over again. Fear, of going with someone and then thinking to myself that it doesn't feel right, because the person I' am with is not the person i want him to be. I feel to shake off the hurt, and pain that i have inflected on him, the person that meant so much to me, that supported me. I miss him to this day, and it hurts so much. I hate myself for it, and that you have no idea how much i would hate myself. I tend to punish myself in ways that are not life threatening. I tend to distance myself from those that love me, my family, and friends. I tend to stay away and break any forms of communication. but now am starting to go to therapy, counseling, and in the process of looking for a 12 step program, am beginning to look for my family, and friends. Am, beginning to understand the one person that was confused, lost, depressed, angry, frustrated, and tormented...me. Am tired, for 8 years. my addiction has had a control over me, and i didn't know what force of addiction it was. I wasn't sure what possessed me, and what had me under control. I had felt that something so powerful had me in a battle like, the scene of lord of the rings, the battle for middle earth, where the humans raced against time, charging towards the trolls, and goblins, to fight for one thing, one purpose. and i just stand back waiting to see what the outcome of the battle will be, and who's side am i on?
I have regrets, and i have issues.with who? my family, we were'nt the family i would've liked to be. But most of all i have more issues with me then i do with my family.
addiction is the cause
Aug. 11th, 2010 08:54 pm from siriusblack1982 (
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Its been years that i have been here at live journal. I have gone through so much as i have before, i feel like as if am in a never ending story of chaos and destruction. Devastation, that i have caused and choose to let happen. I have no one to blame but me, myself and I. For years I have been looking for someone to fill my void that I have had inside of me. I have been some nice guys, and some guys that just wanted to get things that they needed to get by, and it was by using me. But then out of all the mess, and craziness, one guy stepped out above them all. In the beginning, it felt weird, but it was good feeling. When i asked him out, i couldn't believe that he was going to go out with me. I say that because i really don't look at myself as a person of looks and physique, but he did. Our first date was bowling, and it was fun, even when we went there, i drove us there, and ended up driving over a divider (lol). Soon after bowling we went to eat, I took him to eat sushi, he loved it. I saw myself making a life with him, and settling down with him and having a family of our own. he was everything i ever wanted, and still till this day, i want. When i first asked him to be in a serious relationship with me was when i took him to the Getty Villa, i had buttered him up with deserts that were his favorite, like chocolate dipped strawberries, fruit tart, and a lemon bar. i remember our first kiss, it was at my apartment, we laid down together and we held each other looking into each other's eyes, and i leaned over and kissed him. And now i miss him so much, i gave him up because of my addiction, i choose my addiction over him, and i hate it. Because i love him so much. I miss every day of my life, every second, every hour. i knew i had to leave him, and he did too, i didn't want to hurt anymore then i have. I have learned about myself through him. I thank him for being there for me, always. He changed me, in a positive way that I will not forget. Some people might have a different aspect of him, but hey i know the real him, i know his whys, his causes, and his reasons. But i didn't know, i love him so much, but i do....
Jose Carlos Florentino,
we will have each other, in our time of need, Jose your the world to me...
Hier Stehe Ich; Ich Kann Nicht Anders
Jul. 8th, 2010 10:16 pm from El Staplador (
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[Cross-posted from my personal journal. Here are a few links, giving examples of depressing developments in the Anglican Communion, for those who are not sure what I'm on about.]
Here I stand. I can do no other. Except, you know, I can. I have always promised myself that, if it came to it, I would. That, if the Church of England did something so egregious that I could no longer countenance belonging to it, I would leave. That if it came to a choice between the Church and the Kingdom, I would choose the Kingdom.
And yet here I stand.
It is not that the Church has failed to do anything egregious enough. On the contrary; it feels as if it has been doing it every day of this year. Today's news alone (assuming for the moment that there was more to the whole thing than vicious rumour) was more than enough to make me wonder. The worst of it? I wasn't surprised - just very, very disappointed.
Why do I not go down the steps and cross two streets to the Friends' Meeting House? I have thought about it, believe me. Have I become one of those people who only goes to church for the music? (No. I'm married to one, so I can tell the difference. He keeps saying he will post about this.) Here I stand. But it's not as if I can do no other. There are plenty of other options.
Why don't I?
First things first. My church - the one that displays ( this signCollapse ) on a more or less regular basis (its place is currently occupied by WATCH, but it will be back sooner or later) - isn't going anywhere. It would be cutting off my nose to spite my face to leave such a fabulous, supportive, spiritual community simply because of a real or perceived shortage of vertebrae in Lambeth or real or perceived shit-stirring in Gafconville.
So here we stand. Why don't we move? Because we don't see why we should have to. We believe in a Church that asks people in, not one that turns them away. Because we don't see why the party that wants to turn people away should have the casting vote in a faith that welcomes strangers. Because we are not prepared to move over to accommodate people who will then spread their knees out to occupy the entire bench, and allow only those who are Like Them to sit down.
But it is more than that: we believe that we should not. We believe in one holy, catholic and apostolic Church - and we, who believe that all should be invited in, are going to be neither the ones who leave it nor the ones who hold it to ransom by threatening to leave it. We will not leave, because we believe that we are welcome as we are.
And then there is this: for as long as I remain in the Church of England, I know that there is one person in the Church of England who will welcome LGBTQ people into it. For as long as my church remains in the Church of England, I know that there is one parish in the Anglican Communion that will display the message that ends 'WELCOME TO ALL!'. And if we leave, who will do that? Or, rather, if we leave, why should others stay?
There are people who do not like the way I think, the way I love, the way my faith is. They are pushing me, and those who think like me, and love like me, and whose faith works the way that mine does; they are pushing us to leave. But, so far as I can discern, no one is calling me to leave, and that makes all the difference.
Here I stand.
Spreading the love
May. 27th, 2010 04:29 pm from El Staplador (
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While poking around on my church's website I discovered that they were affiliated to Changing Attitude (hurrah!) - and that Changing Attitude has a blog. It's quite Anglican- and UK-centric but may be of interest to some people here either because or in spite of this!
I have set up a feed here.
(cross-posted to 
glbt_christians)
CNN's Kyra Phillips Questions Whether Homosexuality Needs a "Cure"
Apr. 6th, 2010 03:57 pm from queerunity (
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In a CNN segment called 'Finding a "cure" for homosexuality?' by anchor Kyra Phillips the network has given the pseudo-scientific topic of "ex-gay" therapy and its proponents a national platform to advocate for their harmful and unsound work.
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2010/04/cnns-kyra-phillips-questions-whether.html
Beyond Sex
Apr. 2nd, 2010 09:45 am from El Staplador (
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I thought people might be interested in what was actually said at our last Lent session - beyond my coming out, I mean. So, here are the notes, and I'll go through them with what is a combination of my own thoughts, useful things the Rector said, and useful things that other people said - unfortunately I don't think I can separate these out at this stage!
1. The Church talks too much about homosexuality. - Well, yes and no. Yes, in that everyone whose opinions I know felt that homosexuality simply is not a problem in the eyes of God. Perhaps it's better rephrased as 'no one in our congregation (that I know of) has a problem with homosexuality, or has a problem believing that LGBT people can be as good Christians as the next person in the pew'.
Outside our little middle-England liberal bubble, it is a problem. In human terms it's a problem because so many people - and particularly, so many people in the Church - are so very unChristian about it, while sincerely believing that they do the will of God. And so I think this session was useful not so much to deal with individuals' doubts about the morality or otherwise, but to think about how things play out in other churches - and so perhaps we should go on talking about it until some more people see sense ;-)
(cross-posted to glbt_christians)
Words Kill
Jun. 16th, 2009 06:02 pm from Kurt (
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Just had to share this because it is whole lot of awesome.
Every year at pride parades around the country there are always right-wing protesters spewig their threats of hell at the crowds. Portland, OR is no different. This year, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence had a response. The Sisters stopped the parade when they saw the anti-gay protesters. Sister Dixie had a bullhorn and started chanting, "Words kill! Words Kill!" When we heard that, all the Sisters fell to the ground. Those marching with us ran out with chalk and outlined our bodies on the ground. Soon the crowd picked up the chant and were chanting, "Words kill" with Dixie. After we were outlined the Sisters rose up, showing the power of love over hate and the crowd went wild. It was an incredibly moving experience to be a part of.
Full disclosure: I am one of the members of the Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite
Apr. 26th, 2009 12:56 pm from Firinel (
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http://www.colfaxrecord.com/detail/91429.html
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