My best friend went to vote in the primary last week. She asked if I was going. I laughed. There is no reason under the sun why I should vote. I've been outside the box looking in my whole life. I've been looked at as though I had leprosy, called names and even beaten up for being a lesbian.

I don't have much trust in our system. Mostly because our system doesn't respect my life. It's like my biological father expecting me to take care of him in his old age after abandoning me as a child. If you don't build a decent relationship throughout someone's life, then you can't expect care in return.

That's where I am in this society. Tell me what I can do as an adult? What nerve. I will never understand straight people who think they have all the answers, and believe homosexuals are helpless naivetes needing taken care of. I grew up without caring parents support so I think I can handle anything life throws at me.

These current politicians are so sure of themselves that they don't need our gay votes. Honestly, it'll only be a matter of time when my community will realize that and quit pulling money out of their pockets for this country's idea of democracy. I know I sound bitter, but you live with society in your business all your life and then tell me how I should feel.