ChicoMax

Everywhere you look there is another group popping up.  They claim to be working towards the goal of equal protection under the law for all gay citizens, but what they are really about is helping themselves.  How many of these groups do you know?  Every time they send you something be it email or snail mail they are always asking for money.  How about working for something to help each other out and not help their bottom line?  They all claim to be nonprofit organizations but if they spent the money on actually working towards something rather than supporting staff and creating more ways to ask for money they might actually accomplish something.  These groups are all convinced that they are the most important group you will hear from.  Truth is none of them are very important.  True change comes from grassroots and not from large pseudo nonprofits.  If they were to be truthful becoming nonprofit actually limits their ability to stand for principles, it is just a scheme to raise more money.
 
These groups mean well or do they?  I think they just mean well for themselves and screw everyone else along the way.  They are unable and unwilling to actually work together to accomplish anything meaningful.  They and their egos all think that they are better than everyone else and that they have the answers.  The Truth is no one group or person has all the answers and is any better than any other.  If they could learn to work together instead of trying to stab each other in the back or ignore those that do not conform then actual progress could be made.  The gay community is a broad spectrum of views and beliefs and is often uncooperative with those that do not tow the line and fall in behind.  They do not respect each other.  Respect is the true key to building a successful working relationship.
 
The bottom line is that we are divided as a country between gay and straight.  Why do we then create division in the gay community?  Even that term is false, the gay population is not a community it is a bunch of little groups that are so divided that they cannot even agree on most things.  I wish people would stop getting offended and start getting pissed off and channel their energy where it can do some good.  We use the term LGBT to describe ourselves.  What happened to Gay?  We use to all be gay, but now everyone has gotten so politically correct.  Every time you turn around there is another letter being added to LGBT.  Do we need to confuse the straight people more than they already are?  Heterosexual (straight) people do not have to add initials and letters to their description to know who they are talking about why should we?  Another way we divide ourselves is in our bars and social gatherings.  There use to be gay bars but now everyone has to have their own bar or social group.
 
We could go on and on about how we are divided but we will leave it here for now.  If we go any further we might offend some people.  So if you are offended, too bad.  Stop getting offended and get pissed off and channel your energy constructively and get involved in the fight for equality.