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ANALISE GUERRERO

I wrote this piece to show that it is ridiculous for others to judge based on a choice that doesn’t affect them. This relates to Generation F because we as a generation represent a future that should be free of judgment.

We as a human species are beautiful

All full of life and color

Handcrafted with the most precise decorations

It’s wonderful to be a part of something so great

So intelligent

And yet

When two men are seen holding hands

It is looked down upon

When two women show affection to each other

It is ‘disgusting’

It’s shameful to witness people today act so foolish

When we die

We become nothing but bones

Or ashes

We cannot look into a dead corpse

Or in a jar of ashes

And know whether that being was an alcoholic Mother

Doctor

Gay

Transgender

What does it matter what someone else’s passion is?

A gay man

Would not be able to serve his country

Until 2011

A transgender man

would face the same problem

Until this year, 2018.*

Why is it a punishment to love someone because others do not find it normal?

We are such a unique species

Developed from nothing

And will go back to nothing

We are not robots designed to follow a code and perform what we are told

We are our own creatures who have a mind to pick

And choose

* This story was written before the transgender military ban was announced.