- discrimination
- noun
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
synonyms: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, unfairness, inequity, favoritism, one-sidedness, partisanship.
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- june 26th, 1970
- xxxxxxtoday, i am on my own for the first time in my life. no free rides. alone with a bag, food, money, this journal and my polaroid camera. i am on my way to boston, where i'm staying with my brother. probably forever; my parents will most likely kick me out if i try to come back.
xxxxxx if you're wondering how i got to this point, keep reading. if you don't really care, then go ahead and skip this next part. but for those who want to hear, those who care, let's dive in.
xxxxxxour story begins one night during a family dinner. my grandparents, along with aunts uncles and cousins, had flew in for a mini family reunion. i sat up in my bedroom, contemplating what could be the biggest decision of my life. i had pondered this for a long while, weather or not to come out to my relatives. we were a fairly conservative family, the meyers, and i was born into a semi-wealthy family. the rest of my siblings were spoiled, while i at least knew proper etiquette, and i stayed modest with my requests from my parents. anyways, my family had awful prejudice against those of different sexual preference. my uncle is especially cruel to those who identify as a gender other than the basic male or female. this made it extremely difficult to even think about coming out, let alone accepting myself for my own sexual orientation. i identify as androsexual, which is being primarily sexually, romantically and/or emotionally attracted to some men, males, and/or masculinity. (wip)
