WHO RUN THE WORLD???

GAYS!!

So I did it again...running my mouth, in this case my fingers got me blogging right now when my time would be so awesomely divided in my work. Its started today in the morning when I got a text from my boss that Kiss FM just advertised the Programs Coordinator vacancy we have at The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya where I work as the Research officer. Yes! earthlings, I work with them. 

The first mistake that heterosexuals make is starting any statement with the 'THEM' word. Early in the week I was in a panel conducting interviews and some guy kept saying THEM while referring to the LGBTI (Lesbian, Gays, Bi-sexuals, Transgender and Intersex) for those of you who need the basics. 

My morning got wayyyyyy more interesting when I got to work and checked out Caroline Mutoko's update that was actually a job advert for the position. So we have at this time over six hundred comments on the update in the following categories

1. Homophobes throwing their Sunday school teachings over our doom

2. Job seekers happy to know they have a reason to look up to tomorrow

3. LGBTI individuals happy to have an opportunity to bark a few pride statements at the one against them

4. Shocked individuals who think Caroline should be killed for promoting such immoral tendencies and assisting the homos in their so far successful attempt to relocate Sodom in Kenya

5. Few sincerely ignorant persons who cant stop gasping at the 1st sentence when they read that there is actual organization for the LGBTI matters in Kenya. To those ones I prefer the homophobes. 

6. the closeted individuals who are reading word for word of the million word to get a clue how they can interact with this like minded peeps. 

So I engaged 'till the senselessness got to me and I realized it might take my smile away. But each comment from the both sides reflect the same thing: Our need to think what we know is right and zero tolerance to communicate efficiently to come to an understanding. 

To our adoration of the three shackles of ignorance that captivate our societies thinking. 

Religion, Morals, Traditions.

Our blindness to those not alike due to our innate fear to what we cannot understand. 

One female got to me as she asked

"No one effing cares if you're gay, just dont try to make it everyone's business!!!! You don't see normal people like heteros trying to get their bedroom habits recognized, legalized or whatever, do you???? Kibaya chajitembeza. When its time to give account to God for your disgusting, worse than animal behaviour, u'll be all alone baby, all alone. In the meantime, dont keep shoving this old tired story in normal people's faces. We're sick of it!"

Clearly she has more issues with the media too, good at is to know she has her stand on all this I fight myself from asking her why she thinks I as the Lesbian I am, need to keep hearing of this imaginary figure in the sky who she kneels to so as to breath tomorrow while I have been doing fine all by myself in this gay life I live.

Nikki a fellow blogger suggested we put up links to our blogs to erase the ignorance slightly for those who have not already been swallowed by the dragon of shallow mindedness and cannot be saved. 

so as i have taken this upon myself as a ISR (Individual Social Responsibility) i shall use the next few days to educate the few on LGBTI matters. 

God bless my kind nature.