"Words - a speech sound, or series of such sounds, having meaning as a unit of language, the written or printed representation of this" Simply put words are the things we use to describe thoughts, feelings and the intentions behind sharing those thoughts.
The boy has a dark complexion. That boy's complexion is so dark.
Words frame our thoughts.
This in mind the term alternative lifestyle rested in my SUPERconscious this morning. As i lay there my mind repeated the word alternative over and over again in my head until it naturally broke it down into:
Alter and Native.
Alternative Lifestyle, this is the politically correct way to refer to the LGBT community and the way we lead our lives right? Or at least that is what we're taught.
Native
Seems harmless, I mean to honor the first dwellers of America we call them Native Americans instead of the offensive term indians.
But take the term native, meaning natural, unchanged... and alter meaning to change...hmmm
Embracing the term alternative lifestyle would be embracing that who I am is not natural, that I wasn't born this way, that I somehow am corrupt or have made a decision to live my life in a way that goes against the person I was created to be.
We have to be aware to the titles that we take one, more importantly our word choices. Who determines what is natural? How have we the LGBTQA community become so comfortable with the demeaning term Alternative Lifestyle?
The only way i would embrace the term alternative lifestyle is if I one day decided to date women....just saying thats the only alternate to my natural state of being.
So true and too deep for most to even get it. I love me some you
ReplyDeleteHmmm wow I never knew that no wonder I always hated saying I live an "alternative lifestyle" it just never sounded right to me, and now I definitely retract all the times I ever said that in my life. This was enlightening.
ReplyDeleteWell said. The only way my life is an "alternative" lifestyle is in the fact that centuries of ignorance have imposed an ignorance of what human sexuality is. Not having a "Heterosexual normative lifestyle" is not for me to deal with...it's for those who can't comprehend the many faces of what being a sexual being is.
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