[because]

because queer people are discriminated against in housing and employment &
because how we act is more important than who we are &
if we get harassed it's our problem &
if we get attacked we provoked it &
if we raise our voices we're flaunting ourselves &
if we enjoy sex we're perverts &
if we have aids we deserve it &
if we march with pride we're recruiting children &
if we want or have children we're unfit parents &
if we stand up for our rights we're over-stepping our boundaries &
because we are forced constantly to question our own worth as human beings &
if we don't have a relationship with someone of the opposite sex we haven't given it a chance &
if we have a relationship with someone of the same sex it is not recognized &
we are told our love is not "real" &
if we come out of the closet we're just going through a phase &
because queer history is virtually absent from literature &
because heterosexism is sanctioned by the supreme court &
for lots and lots of other reasons...
i am a part of the queer civil rights movement

[written not by me]