Looks like it's time to part, eh?

Well, thank you for your time. ^^


Happiness is a crazy family tradition you wouldn't give up for the world,
is getting the dog you always wanted (even if it's not real)
is red hair and grass hair
is being yourself and stickin' it to the man
is humour during snack time and yogurt with a spoon
is that first hint of intelligence in their eyes and the feeling you get when you hold them
is art camaraderie and remembering the good times
is a mother's love and brotherly love
is achieving something new and a good book in a snug place
is newborn peaceful baby and quietness
is laughing at unintentional crazy poses and pirate faces
is a family and a familiar friendly face encouraging you to laugh
is a family with which to laugh, or at
is imagination and seeing what the plate can be
is geese and getting within feet of birds
and finally, sometimes happiness just is.


Thank you all for this opportunity.
I blogged for the Human Rights Campaign
The link to donate is here
You can voluneer here
And take action here.

~Shirhys

Happiness is ooooo~ I found a camera~!



~Shirhys
(Yeah, my brain's got nothing right now)

It's early and I'm starting to disconnect from reality because of sleep-deprivation. oo


Happiness? Good stretch


~Shirhys

Pet Shop Boys sound like tinsel and christmas lights... ^^
Also- I'm pimping them because they have lots of Gay Advocacy songs, as Rika (<lj user="marika_kailaya">) tells me.

Happiness is humor from unintentional poses

!
I have an idea for content!
I made a picture a while back with a poem from a femslash (femalexfemale romance) story of mine.
I took the picture from Google- so it's completely not mine!
This is just for fun, but I do own the poem, so no touchy on that account.



~Shirhys

There's a freaky looking woman on my television.

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Anyways,
I've got no content right now- and I tried to make a regular post but I kept forgetting what I was doing and why.... 

SO!  Since the theme is Gay:  from Happy to Homosexual, and I've got no resources, fic, or pictures I want to post at this moment...

I have but nothing to turn to- except for Rika.  The genderfuck lesbian that I am internet courting/dating. ^^
She's also blogathoning- for Fibromyalgia~

This Blogathon has been the best event ever because I've gotten to spend lots of time talking with her and having fun postulating impossible theories. ^^  And I finally got to ask her if she wouldn't mind if we got 3-way LJ marrried- and she said YES (that she would LJ marry me)!  :D


HAPPY JOY ALL AROUND!

Happiness is a spoon and some yogurt


30 minutes!
~Shirhys

Well!  We need content besides pictures!

OOOO!  Here's some interesting information about the Bible and homosexuality.
Some interesting things you might want to take into account.
Link is here.  (And yes, it's from HRC)

Other links to discussions about faith and homosexuality in favor of homosexuals.
Religious tolerance.org

Soul Force

Some interesting scholarly information from World Policy.

See you again in 30 minutes
~Shirhys

Happiness is a mother's love


30 minutes-
~Shirhys

Happiness is that feeling you get

Happiness is newborn peaceful baby love... <3



30 Minutes- GO!
~Shirhys

I feel kind of woozy....
Oh well, it'll pass. ^^

Urngh...  Trying to think of content that isn't a picture.
AHAH!

Title: Gable House (temporary title)
Rating: PG
Warning: Vanishing?
Note:  Old stuff, still good, working on other stuff now. ^^


See you in an other 30 minutes,
~Shirhys  (with hopefully newer stuff)

Happiness is achieving new things



See you in another 30 minutes with different content
~Shirhys

Anybody ever heard of Robert Heinlein?  I've not read him, but apparently my nephew is. ^^

Happiness is a good book in a snug place~




See you again in 30 minutes,
~Shirhys

More resources!

Just found an interesting site called Advocates for Youth.
Could bare some more looking into, but looks cool enough. ^^  It's got resources for other sites and pamphlets called "I'm (insert sexual orientation here). Now what do I do?"  It's got resources for finding support groups and stuff as well. ^^

The site Genderzize I've looked through a bit and it's rather informative.  It's got explanations for various things and as far as I can tell- legit.

Anybody else have internet resources?

Just for marika_kailaya  (Apparently the new LJs don't likey the HTML-codey.)

Happiness is baby brother love &hearts;



30 more minutes, you know the drill. ^^
~Shirhys

Picture post because I'm running late

Happiness is family



See you in another 30 minutes,
~Shirhys

It wasn't the slash goggles!
My intuition was correct! :D
I'm watching C.R.A.Z.Y.- it's about how this boy grew up in a house where his father is very anti-homosexual.  Now that the boy-Zac- is a teenager he's struggling even more with stuff.  He supposedly has a gift and his family is very catholic.  He's rejected both and is starting to subconsciously act out.  It's a foreign movie, but for all that, very intriguing. ^^


Personal Experience:
I've not really been subject to any sort of hate crime.  I mean, yeah, I was bullied in school, but none of it pertained to my sexual orientation.
I've always been the more quiet type around others, preferring to read and stay out of most people's ways.  I kept my orientation under lock and key until this past year of college where I've actually started to tell select people.

I have received some negative messages from my parents about GLBTQ, though.  I was raised in an LCMS Lutheran household.  (Heck, my father was a pastor)  But I managed to escape most of what they could tell me because- A. I'm the youngest and B. My parents were busy and I kept myself busy.  Rules tend to be less strict when parents finally get around to raising the youngest.

Aside from that, I think my parents have begun to suspect something, mostly because of my change in haircut.  I cut it very short, and for some stupid stereotypical reason it's become almost a family discussion on whether or not I'm a lesbian.
But the most negative message I got from my parents was a couple weeks ago.  My sister was jokingly asking my mother 'what's the worse I could be', saying that my cutting my hair and dying it different colors really was nothing compared to other stuff.
But my mother took it seriously and answered, "A lesbian."

I'm not quite sure how HRC's plans to help GLBTQ would help me specifically... But I have dreams that if maybe they can get it into people's minds that GLBTQ people are no different from others (aside from the obvious) then maybe it will be easier for my parents to accept me.
I know that HRC is working on strengthening the appearance of GLBTQ in religion so that the stereotype of GLBTQ being religionless and somewhat amoral can subside.

I've known a few people who were GLBTQ.  One of them I'm internet-courting/dating.  One of them is a great friend that I correspond with regularly.
But the one I'll always regret is the one that I refused to sign a petition for in 9th grade.  Because I didn't understand what was going on at the time... and I'd like to make up for it.  I'd like to say that I will never let someone else's ideals dictate my own ever again.  I've got my willpower now and let's see where it takes us, shall we?

HRC has helped me re-find my faith.  I'm hoping they can re-find my parents for me and I'm hoping that I can make up for naive mistakes.
So, to pay them back, to keep my own hopes going, and to maybe make other people's hopes come true- that is the personal reason why I am blogging for HRC this year.

As always,
Link to HRC
Link to donate.
Link to take action.
Link to volunteer.

See you in 30 minutes
~Shirhys

Happiness is a familiar face encouraging you to laugh.



(I am so lazy. ^^U  More interesting content soon- Promise)
~Shirhys

Some more pic before more text

Happiness is a peaceful baby.  (no, really. MUCH happiness. ^^)



30 Minutes- GO!
~Shirhys