To some people, they may find it strange that I, being born “biologically male” means that my attraction to women would be considered heterosexual. However, I have always identified internally as a lesbian, and this has created a problem between my spouse and me. Working this out logically through reason is really not as easy as it sounds because of the flood of emotions that are evoked in even discussing this.
Well, just when I think I’ve got problems, I stumble onto something that makes me see how others in other cultures or societies are pushed well beyond their own limits.
Take, for example, the following news report from India by Queer Media Watch.
From the site:
“A lesbian couple who committed suicide by setting themselves on fire have been put to rest in a joint cremation this week. Christy Jayanthi Malar [38] and Rukmani [40] set themselves ablaze after their families took objection to their “unnatural relationship.”
“This is common in India where there huge social and legal pressures to live a heterosexual lifestyle. The alarm was raised when smoke was seen coming from Mrs Malar’s home. When neighbours went in they found the bodies of the two women held in an embrace.”
A senior police told The Times of India newspaper:
“We can’t say the relatives pushed the women into suicide. “They might have verbally abused them, but that was to bring them back to normal life.”
Jeez, what the hell is wrong with the world today? Obviously a LOT.
You can read the rest of the article here
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TRANScend GENDER 
Words do hurt, and can drive people to the edge of what it means to live free or die trying. I got chills from reading this all-too-real story of how a society’s views of love can be so close-minded.