Strength / Courage

I often receive emails, comments etc from other girls and they usually say the same thing to me.
I admire your strength and courage".

Well thank you very much, but I don't know that I really have this huge amount of strength and courage that I am being credited with.

I have read the stories and heard the comments from so many girls, whose family has disowned them, their friends have left them, etc. This saddens me a great deal, that even here, in the year 2010, hatred, intolerance, lack of respect, and discrimination is (in some cases) still rampant.

I have said this many times before and will repeat it yet again. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HAPPY TOO.
If you consider the previous statement "selfish", then I have one thing to say to you-- F*** OFF !

Anyone who doesn't like how I live was obviously never that important to me to begin with, AND THAT GOES FOR ANYONE, immediate family member, distant cousin, long lost "friend", co-workers, etc..

I am not sure that I have all this strength and courage that I have been credited with by so many girls, but I do know that I have an extremely low (i.e., zero) tolerance for bullsh**.

I LIVE MY LIFE TO MAKE ME HAPPY, and anyone who doesn't like that can GO TO HE**.

I want to live in a world where everyone has the right to be themselves, free from discrimination and hatred.

Bobbie Jo