Since I've made it clear in social media and in public in general that I stand for the equal rights, particularly showing my support for the equal marriage law, I've been asked plenty of times what's in it for me. Am I a lesbian? Do I have many gay friends, a close relative?
No, I'm not a lesbian. I'm a woman who happens to like men. Always been that way and doesn't seem to be changing. So, if there is a need to categorize, I'm straight. Have nothing against women but I was born this way - to get attracted to men.
But, it's not my choice to be straight. Just as it isn't a choice for those women who happen to be attracted to women, or men to men. Or to both. It's not any of our's choice. We are born a certain way. Who can claim to be in control of their feelings - who they fall in love with?
That gays will soon be allowed to marry, is not a personal advantage to me. In a way it's nothing to me. On the other hand, it means a great deal to me. It means a great deal to me, because I believe in equal rights. We are not the same, but our value should be. We are human beings, with human rights.
To my knowledge no one in my family is gay. Nor do I have that many gay friends - and none in Finland. So none, who get directly affected by the law. This isn't about me. It's about our country, about all of us. Who we are. Human beings of equal worth, with equal rights. Gays deserve to have the right to marry just as much as straights do. Simple as that. That's why I support the new marriage law. For two grown ups to have the right to choose for themselves, love who they want and marry if they wish. No one else's decision. It's all between the two concerned. Let love win.
No, I'm not a lesbian. I'm a woman who happens to like men. Always been that way and doesn't seem to be changing. So, if there is a need to categorize, I'm straight. Have nothing against women but I was born this way - to get attracted to men.
But, it's not my choice to be straight. Just as it isn't a choice for those women who happen to be attracted to women, or men to men. Or to both. It's not any of our's choice. We are born a certain way. Who can claim to be in control of their feelings - who they fall in love with?
That gays will soon be allowed to marry, is not a personal advantage to me. In a way it's nothing to me. On the other hand, it means a great deal to me. It means a great deal to me, because I believe in equal rights. We are not the same, but our value should be. We are human beings, with human rights.
To my knowledge no one in my family is gay. Nor do I have that many gay friends - and none in Finland. So none, who get directly affected by the law. This isn't about me. It's about our country, about all of us. Who we are. Human beings of equal worth, with equal rights. Gays deserve to have the right to marry just as much as straights do. Simple as that. That's why I support the new marriage law. For two grown ups to have the right to choose for themselves, love who they want and marry if they wish. No one else's decision. It's all between the two concerned. Let love win.
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