Proud to be Gay

For the majority of my life I have had to deal with people snickering and poking fun of my name. Some are brazen in their enjoyment of making fun, others quietly try to hide their amusement and still others think I am laughing with them.

In junior high I tried to go by my middle name, but it just doesn't fit me. In college I decided that I could tell the maturity of a person by their reaction to my name. But I have never experienced the reaction to my name that has happened this week.

I have been trying to set up a facebook page and I can't because they will not accept my name. Can you believe it? It took me a while to catch on to what the error messages were actually saying to me. Seriously. I tried over and over to get setup before it dawned on me that the problem is that my name is Gay.

You know, the thing I stand on is that no matter what anyone says about me or my name, no matter how anyone treats me or laughs at me because of the way I look or the way I dress or because of my name, I know who I really am.

My favorite book says that "I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are God's works and I know this completely!"

I am wonderful just the way I am!

And keep watching because I will have a facebook page and I want you all to be my friend!