{"id":459,"date":"2015-10-05T06:16:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T10:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisademmi.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2015-10-05T06:16:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T10:16:07","slug":"gay-activist-or-worst-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisademmi.com\/gay-activist-or-worst-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Activist or Worst Gay?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Lisa<\/a>Yes. I am gay. I\u2019m also a sister, daughter, aunt, mom of four legged kids and an almost wife. I\u2019m also of Cuban\/Italian heritage. I\u2019m a business owner and tax payer. I love music, sports, art and talking\u2026a lot.<\/p>\n

Gay activist I am not. Often I have even referred to myself as the worst gay. It used be kinda funny. Now I don\u2019t use that description anymore.<\/p>\n

Really, I\u2019m not the worst gay either.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just who I am and let that speak for me. I guess the way I see it is that I\u2019m not here to convince everyone that gay people are just like everyone else. I\u2019m not even trying to convince my little part of the world. All I\u2019m doing is being a person and that\u2019s the double secret special tactic I use so that everyone likes gay people.<\/p>\n

I used to wonder if that was a cop out but I don\u2019t think so. I think being exactly who you are all the time is tough enough. That said, I have found that people like me or don\u2019t like me because of me, not because I\u2019m gay.<\/p>\n

We do need those trailblazers who will fight for the cause at hand whether it be gay rights, women\u2019s rights, civil rights or what have you. Someone has to push the\u00a0agenda. Without those kind of people who force everyone to deal with issues, women may not have the right to vote, African Americans may still have separate entrances and areas to use, and children might still be working in factories at a young age.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m neither. I\u2019m not a gay activist; I\u2019m not the worst gay.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just Lisa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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