AND MY NAME IS SONNY J AND WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE SEMESTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HAVE ONE.....last final blog post for you and some other news about my blog in general!
Let's start off with the news about the blog, so as many of you may (or may not know) I did this blog for a class in school! It was so much fun doing it! Now, the question is "will this blog cease to exist?"
The answer to that is "YES!" BUT, do not fear because I'm going to morph this blog into my web show (The SonnyJ Experience) and I will continue to my spiels about LGBT topics and hootnanny's and what not's. The blog will remain active until the new academic year (July 1st), so if you have people you want to show my blog to....DO IT BEFORE THEN! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
NOW! With that being said, Imagine a world where being straight is gay, but being gay is straight! It'd be pretty weird right, well I found a short film that was uploaded to UpWorthy from Youtube and it was that exact scenario. I'll post the video below so that you can watch it (if you haven't already seen it), the video is actually a anti-bullying video, but to me it makes more sense. Bear with me here.
I can't really explain it, but maybe if you watch the video then you'll see. To me it showed that people get ridiculous when it comes to the LGBT subject, and....okay, see it makes sense in my head. Sometimes I wish I could just take my brain out and put it inside of you guys heads! Watch the video and you shall see!
I leave you with this question, what if the world were like this? What would you do?
Let me know what you think!
Peace and Blessings,
SonnyJ
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Lesbian Stages Anti-Gay Hate Crime -_-
SonnyJ here,
I decided to put a terrifying twist on today's article, because IT UPSET ME. I was on the Huffington Post's Gay Voices reading about a lesbian who had staged her own hate crime!!!!
Like, the LGBT community already has enough issues with just trying to get equal rights and this hoe is NOT making us look any better than we already do! (Because as you know....us LGBT people are FAB-U-LOUS HAHA)
I'm still trying to figure out what would promote someone, who already knows of the struggles that LGBT people go through, to stage their own hate crime. What was she trying to prove? I mean if you read the article, then you will see that she actually played this up to the TEE! She's only going to jail because she lied to investigators, and she's only going to jail for a week. I would've locked her up in seclusion for about 3 weeks.
This whole thing makes me upset because, this is just making the LGBT community look bad in a way. There are so many people out there who are actually victims of hate crime and then this girl wants to stage her own hate crime. Girl, this isn't Broadway, you don't get your own stage and actors. Shut it down.
So my question for you is: Would you ever go out of your way to make people believe something even though it wasn't true? You might be thinking "isn't that called lying?" Yes and no. What she did was just make others look bad.
With that being said,
Peace and Blessings.
I decided to put a terrifying twist on today's article, because IT UPSET ME. I was on the Huffington Post's Gay Voices reading about a lesbian who had staged her own hate crime!!!!
I'm still trying to figure out what would promote someone, who already knows of the struggles that LGBT people go through, to stage their own hate crime. What was she trying to prove? I mean if you read the article, then you will see that she actually played this up to the TEE! She's only going to jail because she lied to investigators, and she's only going to jail for a week. I would've locked her up in seclusion for about 3 weeks.
This whole thing makes me upset because, this is just making the LGBT community look bad in a way. There are so many people out there who are actually victims of hate crime and then this girl wants to stage her own hate crime. Girl, this isn't Broadway, you don't get your own stage and actors. Shut it down.
So my question for you is: Would you ever go out of your way to make people believe something even though it wasn't true? You might be thinking "isn't that called lying?" Yes and no. What she did was just make others look bad.
With that being said,
Peace and Blessings.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Father Sets Fire to HIV-Positive Son
SonnyJ here all,
I was reading an article on the Huffington Post's Gay Voices and it spoke about a father who set his son (who was HIV-Positive) on fire.
Yes, you heard me....He set his son....no wait let me reiterate that with big bold underlined letters.......HE SET HIS SON ON FIRE! What kind of fuckery is this?!
Excuse my language, but it had to be said! This angered me. I've never heard a story such as this before. It's already bad enough that some LGBT teens don't get accepted by their peers, but for them not to be accept by their parents is just unacceptable.
What promotes a parent to want to do this to their child? Who in their right man as will to want to set someone on fire? Obviously, you're not a good parent if you want to do this because your child is sick, or gay/lesbian.
BUT something I found interesting when I was searching the internet, and I'm not sure if it's available for teens outside the US (which is where this story happened), but here in the US, there is a program that exist called the National Safe Place
and it's a youth runaway prevention program, and you're probably thinking "well...how does this pertain to LGBT teens", because a lot of LGBT teens will runaway from their homes if they are not accepted by their parents.
These safe places are places where these teens can go, and feel safe and get help. It's not just for LGBT teens either, it's for any teen whose in a crisis situation at home.
I wish their was a program like this for this kid who get set on fire, because it shouldn't have happened...I haven't seen an update yet on this story, but I'm searching for one.
Hopefully, something was done and justice will be served.
With that being said, I hope every is having an awesome Thursday morning! I know I am!
Peace and Blessings
I was reading an article on the Huffington Post's Gay Voices and it spoke about a father who set his son (who was HIV-Positive) on fire.
Yes, you heard me....He set his son....no wait let me reiterate that with big bold underlined letters.......HE SET HIS SON ON FIRE! What kind of fuckery is this?!
Excuse my language, but it had to be said! This angered me. I've never heard a story such as this before. It's already bad enough that some LGBT teens don't get accepted by their peers, but for them not to be accept by their parents is just unacceptable.
What promotes a parent to want to do this to their child? Who in their right man as will to want to set someone on fire? Obviously, you're not a good parent if you want to do this because your child is sick, or gay/lesbian.
BUT something I found interesting when I was searching the internet, and I'm not sure if it's available for teens outside the US (which is where this story happened), but here in the US, there is a program that exist called the National Safe Place
These safe places are places where these teens can go, and feel safe and get help. It's not just for LGBT teens either, it's for any teen whose in a crisis situation at home.
I wish their was a program like this for this kid who get set on fire, because it shouldn't have happened...I haven't seen an update yet on this story, but I'm searching for one.
Hopefully, something was done and justice will be served.
With that being said, I hope every is having an awesome Thursday morning! I know I am!
Peace and Blessings
Monday, April 15, 2013
Justice Has Been Served, Let's Keep Fighting
Goooooood morning everyone!
SonnyJ here,
Sorry I didn't get a blog post out last night (hopefully you weren't waiting up for one!) I have great news! Last week I posted about a student who had called me the F word, and a homo and being extremely ignorant and what not.
WELL! I spoke with the Office of Student Affairs here on campus and they gave me a few options and I'm quite excited with the option that they have given me.
Justice has been served. They gave me and the student (more importantly for him) a non-contact order and if the students breaks this contract then it's immediate suspension. Now, they told me that it has to apply to me, but i specifically said "I don't want to see the student, so you have my word that I'm not going to break the contract"
While all of this was going on, it got me to thinking. You have to fight for what you want, and you can't give up or else nothing will get done. For a lot of us, we are fighting for equality and if we want to see a change then we're going to have to keep pushing and fighting until we win. The picture below goes WELL with this, because in this picture all of these involved a fight and they overcame because no one gave up.
See all of these in the picture above, involved dedicated people fighting for what is right. They succeeded and I know that if we continue then we will win too.
What are your thoughts? Has there ever been a time in your life that you wanted something to change and you fought for it and it changed? Or did it not change? How did you feel about it?
With all this in mind, have a great Monday!
SonnyJ here,
Sorry I didn't get a blog post out last night (hopefully you weren't waiting up for one!) I have great news! Last week I posted about a student who had called me the F word, and a homo and being extremely ignorant and what not.
WELL! I spoke with the Office of Student Affairs here on campus and they gave me a few options and I'm quite excited with the option that they have given me.
Justice has been served. They gave me and the student (more importantly for him) a non-contact order and if the students breaks this contract then it's immediate suspension. Now, they told me that it has to apply to me, but i specifically said "I don't want to see the student, so you have my word that I'm not going to break the contract"
While all of this was going on, it got me to thinking. You have to fight for what you want, and you can't give up or else nothing will get done. For a lot of us, we are fighting for equality and if we want to see a change then we're going to have to keep pushing and fighting until we win. The picture below goes WELL with this, because in this picture all of these involved a fight and they overcame because no one gave up.
What are your thoughts? Has there ever been a time in your life that you wanted something to change and you fought for it and it changed? Or did it not change? How did you feel about it?
With all this in mind, have a great Monday!
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Watch Your Mouth!
Hey blog buddies,
SonnyJ again,
I want to veer off the path that I was taking before last week, where I was talking about coming out. I want to talk about things you say to people. Now, anybody who is a somebody knows that I am gay on this campus. It's not a secret. Most people don't have a problem with it.
However, something happened this week that has literally made me feel as though if I am in high school. I won't share all the details because none of y'all need to know them right now; but what I will say is that, it involved me and another student and a twitter page. While I had nothing to do with the creation of this Twitter page. Everyone seems to think that I did it. (For the record-I did not) Anyway, this student felt the need to confront me with the use of words that could have gotten him killed.
People, people, people, I cannot stress enough how important it is, that you watch what you say to certain people. Generally, I don't care what people say to me, or about me, I'll brush it off or throw it right back at you. For me, I'm different, and nothing like anybody else that you've ever met. The things you say to me I always keep them with me and remember that (I'm kinda like an elephant...I don't forget haha)
The things that you say to people can lead to YOU getting hurt, or for that person going to hurt themselves. In the case of me, you can call me gay, you can call me a queer, you can call me whatever you want, but, you cannot call me the F word (no it's definitely not f*ck, the other F word) that's something which I am not, and quite frankly I'm not sure how that word came to mean what most people who are afraid of us gay people use it for!
Anyway, because of the actions of this one student, I decided that I'm not going to just sit around and let him threaten me and call me names. I'm going to do something about it. So I am, I've submitted two student conduct issue reports and hopefully something will be done; if nothing is done, then I will fight until something is.
My message for you to do: Don't let someone pull you down by calling you names and such, you better rise up and go tell someone, and keep bothering someone until something gets done. I know for a fact that nothing was done to the people who did this kind of thing to me in high school.
With that being said,
Peace and Blessings, Sonny J
SonnyJ again,
I want to veer off the path that I was taking before last week, where I was talking about coming out. I want to talk about things you say to people. Now, anybody who is a somebody knows that I am gay on this campus. It's not a secret. Most people don't have a problem with it.
However, something happened this week that has literally made me feel as though if I am in high school. I won't share all the details because none of y'all need to know them right now; but what I will say is that, it involved me and another student and a twitter page. While I had nothing to do with the creation of this Twitter page. Everyone seems to think that I did it. (For the record-I did not) Anyway, this student felt the need to confront me with the use of words that could have gotten him killed.
People, people, people, I cannot stress enough how important it is, that you watch what you say to certain people. Generally, I don't care what people say to me, or about me, I'll brush it off or throw it right back at you. For me, I'm different, and nothing like anybody else that you've ever met. The things you say to me I always keep them with me and remember that (I'm kinda like an elephant...I don't forget haha)
The things that you say to people can lead to YOU getting hurt, or for that person going to hurt themselves. In the case of me, you can call me gay, you can call me a queer, you can call me whatever you want, but, you cannot call me the F word (no it's definitely not f*ck, the other F word) that's something which I am not, and quite frankly I'm not sure how that word came to mean what most people who are afraid of us gay people use it for!
Anyway, because of the actions of this one student, I decided that I'm not going to just sit around and let him threaten me and call me names. I'm going to do something about it. So I am, I've submitted two student conduct issue reports and hopefully something will be done; if nothing is done, then I will fight until something is.
My message for you to do: Don't let someone pull you down by calling you names and such, you better rise up and go tell someone, and keep bothering someone until something gets done. I know for a fact that nothing was done to the people who did this kind of thing to me in high school.
With that being said,
Peace and Blessings, Sonny J
Monday, April 8, 2013
Radio Host Tells Caller to Leave Gay Friendly Church
Hey all, Sonny J here FINALLY with another blog post. I hope everyone had a GREAT Easter. I know that I did!
Anyway, if you haven't already looked, then my guest blog post is up! However, the video that was made for the guest post didn't render correctly SO I will have to call up my friend and have her do it, HOWEVER. I have something better today. It's a post about a Radio Host who tells a caller that she should leave the gay friendly church that she is currently attending. It made me mad, if the kids want to be gay, then so what? If they want to be straight? so what. Let them decide what they want to be.
Check out the video below!
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Guest Post (La-A Coming Out)
Hello everyone,
SonnyJ here,
So I was suppose to have a guest post here by my friend La-a (pronounced Ladasha), but the video I took of La-A is corrupt on my camera and I can't get it off so she told me to just type her story in.
The video was much more entertaining than reading it. I may have to call upon her again and re-record the guest post. For now. Just read and imagine a black girl with blonde hair telling this story!
With that being said
Peace and Blessings, SonnyJ
SonnyJ here,
So I was suppose to have a guest post here by my friend La-a (pronounced Ladasha), but the video I took of La-A is corrupt on my camera and I can't get it off so she told me to just type her story in.
"Hi, my name is La-A (pronounced La dash ah). I was born on August 23rd 1989 birthed by my parants Monika and Darien Brodenski. You might think that I am a man…however you would be sadly mistaken if you think so.I have a story that I need to share, I haven’t told many people this story, because when I tell people this story they always laugh at me…like the people did in middle school.Those were terrible times, but then again….those times were simpler.It all started back in 2002 when I was in 7th grade, and I realized that I was not like the other children on the playground. One day during gym class, it was me and my bestfriend Nicole and the entire class was outside on the track….walking…..in the heat……it was about 85 outside…..my weave was coming out…….it was tragic….i looked a hot mess.ANYWAY THAT’S NOT THE POINT, we were walking around the track, when we just so happened to stumble upon a group of girls that I just DID NOT LIKE….It was Latisha (pronounced la tee sha) and the Naps (that’s what her crew was called)Anyway, Latisha and the Naps decided they wanted to start beef, and clearly they didn’t know who they were talking to….The tripped me while I was walking…and I fell…and they laughed…..then they said to me “oooh girl…aren’t you use to be being on your knees” and it angered me so much…it boiled inside of me….and then I said “I AM A LESBIAN!!!!!!!!!!!” I was terrified….it was silent all around me…..even Nicole stopped talking because she was shocked that I had mentioned it to everybody.I tried to take it back, but then I realized….it was too late. Latisha and the Naps rose up and………………. CELEBRATED because I had finally came out….then they let me join their club. Naps Gone Wild…..and that’s the end of that story."
The video was much more entertaining than reading it. I may have to call upon her again and re-record the guest post. For now. Just read and imagine a black girl with blonde hair telling this story!
With that being said
Peace and Blessings, SonnyJ
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