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I am not broken. I am not confused. I do not need to be fixed.
TUE MAR 19, 2013 AT 04:29 PM PDT
Gay Teen to NJ Senate Committee: "I am not broken. I am not confused. I don't need to be fixed."
...on Monday, Jacob took a trip to Trenton with Garden State Equality to testify before the New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee in support of S2278, which would do just what Jacob calls for in his petition. The full video is below, but perhaps this sums it all up:
I am not broken. I am not confused. I do not need to be fixed.
What disturbs me the most is that our government would allow orientation-conversion organizations to subject children to such so-called therapy. It is hard enough for LGBT teens to accept that their sexual orientation differentiates them from their classmates. Consequentially, I cannot fathom how emotionally scarring it must be for these kids to be told they are somehow broken and are then manipulated to reject their innate sexual preference and ‘become’ heterosexual again. What strikes me as the most cruel facet of this practice is that these young people cannot defend themselves from being subjected to this harmful practice.
VIDEO & MORE:
http://www.towleroad.com/2013/03/rudolphexgay.html
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Don't jump on me. This post is just my opinion, which I am entitled to. Thanks.
it took me 55 years to figure out who i am , i dont neeed any stinking state senator or priest to tell me who i am and what i am supposed to be . back off. in this country i have the right to be who i want to be 