Tumblr (3.0; @catjams7406)http://catjams7406.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qnunbYKn1rsud9uo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thegaslightanthem.tumblr.com/post/22701565273/so-toms-gonna-be-laura-now-and-in-2012-i-still" class="tumblr_blog">thegaslightanthem</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>So Tom’s gonna be Laura now… and in 2012 I still find people on the internet commenting  on another persons life how they insult and condemn a person for his choices.  </p> <p>How about the people who go through this and never find peace and end up committing suicide?  Would you rather that?  Or maybe he could become a raging drug addict and ruin his life and family?  Would you rather that?  Or maybe we could have rules from a dictator where everyone gets killed for anything they believe against the government, oh wait that doesn’t work…</p> <p>How about you leave the guy alone.  How about you let another human being make a decision about their lives without your snide prejudices and bigotry? This is one of the hardest decisions a person can make.  From my limited understanding of the subject, it means feeling your whole life like you were born in the wrong skin.  That’s something that 99% of us can’t understand.  Weither you agree or don’t, it’s not your life.  It’s not your family.  it’s not your band, it’s theirs.  </p> <p>I don’t see the AM! guys very often, or if at all, but I always wish them well.  They’re a great band.  Leave it at that.  Just let them be a great band.</p> <p>To those being kind, this is not for you…</p> <p>If this is joke though, it’s in very bad taste to the people who actually go through this. But I will say that I still feel this way about anyone who makes a decision against what we call normal.  You can’t hate them, and they have the right, here in America, to make their own choices and live their lives free of prejudice.  </p> <p>So go live, Tom.</p> <p>XOXO<br/>Gossip Girl </p> <p>****PS- EDIT NOTE**** - I do realize using “she” and “Laura” are appropriate but I was being considerate, since I don’t know Tom (Laura) that at this current moment to the best of my knowledge He is still a man named Tom, and hasn’t informed me to begin using she and Larua yet, as we don’t speak, and I haven’t read the article yet.  though he will soon be a woman named Laura, which I will then refer to her as such.  Can you please just look at the big picture here?<br/>Thanks.<br/>XOXO<br/>What are you my english teacher?</p> <p>(photo copyright (c) 2012 Rolling Stone)</p></blockquote>http://catjams7406.tumblr.com/post/22751732045http://catjams7406.tumblr.com/post/22751732045Wed, 09 May 2012 21:08:08 -0400