We live in a world where everyone’s opinion is spoken. Where we can state our feelings, but not all of ours. There is a reason why this is written as anonymous. I want people, someone, besides my parents to be able to know my opinion, but I know that some people would think bad about me. Even if this doesn’t get published in the magazine, at least someone would have read this. I’m just going to strait out say my opinion now because I can’t think of any other way to say this...I don’t support LGBTQ. I know, horrible, right? Yes, I am religious, I’m Christian. Makes sense. I’ve had this opinion for years since I’ve first heard of what being part of the LGBTQ community means, but, I’ve never said it before. I’ve been afraid, and still am, to tell people about my opinion. There have been so many videos and articles about accepting the LGBTQ community. There are a lot of people in this world who don’t support it, but, most of them either make violent scenes about it or bully others about being gay or trans. There are nonsupporters who aren’t like that. For once I want people to know the other side of the opinion instead of instantly thinking that people who don’t support LGBTQ aren’t good.

I have friends who are bisexual and I know a few personally who are trans, bi, or gay. No, I don’t walk up to them and tell them that they should go to hell or they shouldn’t be who they are. You can be fine with someone as a person, but not always their opinions. Something that’s hard for people to understand. To explain it better, sometimes you can love a person. Like your best friend for example, but, sometimes that friend will do something that you don’t think they should do. You still love them, but, you don’t always like the actions they have done. We live in a time where people want to break apart from tradition and be different, better than the previous generations. We want to stick out from others. Hundreds of years ago, barely anybody would have thought about switching their gender or being gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc. Now, almost everyone knows about it. It’s nice to see people excepting each other for who they want to be. It’s a privilege to be able to live in America and stick up for ourselves, to be able to speak out our thoughts.

I want to say right now that it’s really hard to write out my opinion. I don’t want to offend anyone or make anyone feel like they aren’t accepted or loved. I accept everyone. It’s hard to explain. I’m not a protester. I’m just a teen trying really hard to say what I’ve been wanting to say for years. I know I can’t change your opinion. And even if I didn’t, just know, it’s your decision, not mine. It’s my opinion, not yours.