Far Away

After watching Marsha Ambrosius' song Far Away, it really hit home the amount of fear there is out there for what is unknown and the disastrous consequences it can have on some.

Although difference can be scary because it is not what we have been brought up to know, it is essential that we are all aware that although we are may have different aspects to our identity, these do not need to conflict.

No one consciously decides they want to put themselves at risk of losing their friends and family or to be hated by other members of society, and this is what we all need to bear in mind.

Certain things in life are not a choice and in the case of Marsha's video, sexuality certainly isn't. Having done my dissertation on gay men, I can confidently say that admitting in a heterosexual society that you are gay is a very difficult and turbulent time and not one which is taken upon lightly.

There is even debate amongst the gay community about what they would do if there was a pill they could take to make themselves straight. The fact that this discussion has even been brought about, which I can safely say, has not happened vice versa in heterosexual society, speaks for itself how much being of a certain sexual orientation is not a choice.

We should not judge others for what we are not because it could quite as easily have been us in the discriminated position and then I am sure we would all want to know we had the support of those around us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwLMC2wP0g