Blog #23
I watched the movie Transamerica. The movie did a good job getting the idea across of searching for one’s identity. Throughout life we are all searching for our own identity. Stanley went from being a man his whole life to realizing he was a women. He found peace and happiness in being Bre. His family fought him with his decision to change his identity. I is very hard for people to accept a huge change in something that they have known their whole life. Transgender is a hard topic for a lot of people to understand. I can say that it wasn’t till this class that I have become so understanding and accepting of sexuality and identity. I have always thought of myself as open minded and understanding of difference, but in a way I didn’t completely understand the ideology behind it. I can really relate with Bre and her fear of being accepted by the one’s she loves. I recently have came out to my friends and sister about being bi courious. It took a lot for me to adknowledge the subject. It was something I have always felt, but didn’t completely understand it. I lived a lot of my teenage years trying to be ‘normal’, whatever the hell that is. Critically analyzing these works of literature has taught me that there will always be hardships, but they can only make you stronger. You can’t fear the unknown because it hasn’t happened yet. The people who truly matter in life will never abandon you. It may take time for them to come to an understanding. Just like Stanley’s son and parents.
People’s Differences by by Denis Vogt
Too many times; people Believe our “Differences” Separate us,
Driving an Invisible, (yet Permanent) Wedge between us,
Doing more Harm than Good,
And somehow “Keeping” us from Existing as “People,”
They Fall in to the trap of Hype; the “Sensation” of the Moment,
Hearing only Half the story before making up their Minds,
And once they’ve Done that,
No amount of Truth can Ever find its way in to their Souls,
Using their own Fears and Trepidations,
They Lump an entire group of people Together in the Guise of a Label,
Using their Fears and Misunderstanding to Encourage their Anger,
Blindly Thrusting their Swords of Hatred into Anyone “not like Them,”
What they Fail to Realize- the Point they Always seem to Miss,
Is that None of Us are “Similar;” None of us are Created the “Same,”
We All come from completely different Molds,
And None of us were Designed to “Match” anyone Else,
They use our Differences as Nothing but an Excuse to Hate,
A Springboard to Launch their Own agendas, and Abuses,
Fearing the Most- while Understanding the Least,
And Convincing themselves they have the “Right” to spew their Aggression,
I don’t Want to be “Like” Anyone Else,
I would Never “Choose” to be a Duplicate, or a Clone,
I Appreciate what Makes me Different,
And I Adore the Differences in All of us that make us Human,
If we All operated on the same Wavelength,
If Each and every One of us Had no Differences,
Then I Imagine this World would be a very Cold, Desolate world, Indeed,
So- (to All of you)- Thank you for making a “Difference…”
