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[newslang]

(sorry whole title wouldn't fit)

Tribute and Love for the National Equality March


x to all those who marched and stood at the national equality march yesterday in DC x


You are true warriors of love and of the heart. Love is a force that sees no gender or sexuality. I believe you are right for being angry that Obama is putting his "land of the free" country to shame by not addressing the promises he made during his voting campaign. I think it is saddening that in the USA you have no form of "hate crime" laws. These laws, that filter down into the schools of your country through government education, forward thinking pro active support for those of us who still would love to marry and exist in peace be given the respect any decent human being deserves on this planet. I am not a citizen of america but I have an artist visa and I love my audience so very very much within every state I have visited and I have seen such an amazingly diverse spectrum of human beings being together in song at my concerts, yes, I guess I get to live in a form of utopia when I am onstage, but it shows that if you choose the right words and harmony you can make anything happen or change in this world. Obama should not be letting you down. He exchanged your vote for a promise and he should stick to it. I hope he will. It will be so sad to see equal rights time travel back to where the struggles started at stonewall or with the suffragettes, you may think i'm being dramatic, which yes, I often am, but im sat here cross legged infront of my laptop with my heart beating wishing i was there yesterday..


I have read so many letters over my years of touring america, when i get handed letters outside after a show from boys, girls, men and women across America telling me about how hard it is for them at school, or their work place that they have no support network, be it parental, governmental or often the right protection from police when needed. that music is their escape and inspiration. I would love that one day a gay couple kissing on any street corner only would get a shout of "get a room" not "it was adam and eve not adam and steve" or a teenage girl in a texas high school decided she wanted one day to be a man and could be supported in her journey to find herself not have her spirit and soul crushed by out of date laws and education systems or a boy can take his boy crush to the prom and no one like they did to me and this was just in maths class, stab the boy with a pair of compasses. I say this now just to raise awareness. This is how bad homo-phobia is in the school system. Its time to up-date the laws of humanity. We are constantly evolving creatures. Ok. Well I will leave it at that... but I dedicate these words I wrote now to all those who fight the good fight, protect their freedom and equality on this earth and help those around you who don't have theirs find it. I have changed the lyrics as I go on tour. It mutated into an anti Proposition 8 anthem for me halfway through the american tour this year.
I think it still very much is


Peace x Patrick


BATTLE


Battle the patriarch
Battle for equal rights
Battle battle battle
Battle back your liberty
Battle the long night


Battle battle battle
It’s your time
To join the tribe
Yes it’s time
For some victory
Your time


If you’re sick
Of being a victim
Of their ignorance
Then
Battle the conservative
Battle for your
Battle battle battle battle
Battle the homophobe
But battle without war
Come on!
battle
Battle, battle, battle


Battle the misogynist
Battle for your

Victory


Since I was 12
It’s been me
vs the world
I got so sick
Of being told
Our identities
Were in minority
But now we’ve
Got tribe
And we’ve got
Some battle
And yes it’s time
Don’t you know it’s time
To g-g-g-g-g-get some victory


This is our battle


x

[printemps]

Really nice of him.

[Rhiflect]

Oh god. If the message wasn't really impressive, that would have been SO cheesy. LOLling at the Battle at the end though.

[tarantella]

Sigh. I agree with and appreciate the spirit of what he's saying, but the way he says some of it...

Also, this?

I think it is saddening that in the USA you have no form of "hate crime" laws.

is just plain wrong. Where did he come up with that idea?

[newslang]

^^ yeah I thought the same thing. There have to be laws. Maybe he was getting at free speech rights? Rights =/= laws though, so I could be totally off.

[verocs]

I liked it, i like his passion for things he believes in.
and at least people listen to him, when I'm passionate about things peolpe just think I'm crazy.

[jay]

patrick's comments:

wow, reading your comments can I just say how amazing and fantastic it is all of you are so passionate about this, I love you for that, thank you. Its very easy for those that aren't the subject of discrimination and abuse due to miseducation to say "why do they always have to bang on about this issue". Well, It's because it breaks my heart to think of any human being feeling threatened just walking down the street, with enough courage and inner strength to look and talk and speak how they feel, to be brave enough to express themselves in the face of conservative society, i'm not speaking on behalf of any sexuality, race, gender or creed, but I'm just being genuinely pro-peace, harmony and love. There is a beautiful saying and it's not hard to say, "Live and Let Live" If government went by those four words, our world would be at least a more peaceful place. I understand a some of my fans are saying "patrick, shut up, why do you always have to be so righteous" and I ask of them, well, I have a human voice too as well as a singing voice and I just want to spread positivity and try and use whatever platform or stage I have in this moment to help others feel that they belong and can thrive in the face of adversity. There is always hope, there is no such thing as the impossible. trust me. I'm sorry if i don't know the ins and outs of american law, I never said I did, I just very much believe I can serve to be some inspiration for any of you who are going through difficult times, I was tormented by others through my first five teenage years, and then haunted by those times until i found a sense of acceptance with finding an audience, It needn't be that way, one day at least, I would hope by the time I am 70 I can look back at this blog and laugh in happiness that things have changed. xx patrick

P.S These comments have really inspired me, thank you that. It means the world to me I am making a difference on this planet in a positive way. Thats all I could ever wish for, you are all so strong and gorgeous, keep on growing and feeling empowered with your identities and visions for the world xx

[Rhiflect]

...tl;dr, sorry Patrick.

[the kalashnikov kid]

patrick, shut up, why do you always have to be so self-righteous

[newslang]

I think there's a difference between relaying a message through your own experiences and being self-righteous. (sorry in case it isn't clear I'm saying in this case Patrick's doing the former)

I had originally written a little sentence or two about how when i was crossing the border into the US to see patrick play in buffalo how it seemed weird how same-sex marriage was alright on one side and not on the other...deleted it because it sounded cheesy, but still, definitely an issue that needs to be taken seriously by a lot of countries, not just the US.

[helwin tins]

oh god. nice intent and message, but check your fucking facts, if you're gonna bitch about misinformation and people believing shit that isn't true make sure every detail of what you're saying is.

also, don't write something with such a powerful message and then weaken it completely by putting the lyrics to BATTLE underneath.

[thursdaynext]

Pretty sure the States will have hate crime laws very soon. The Matthew Shepard act, which seeks to extend hate crime to homophobia just passed the House and Obama said at the Human Rights Committee dinner 4 days ago that he would sign and pass it. It's only taken about 13 years or so.

[verocs]

"it breaks my heart to think of any human being feeling threatened just walking down the street, with enough courage and inner strength to look and talk and speak how they feel, to be brave enough to express themselves in the face of conservative society,i'm not speaking on behalf of any sexuality, race, gender or creed"

This is why I love him and his music.
it is so much easier to conform, to fit in, to hide. It was only a year ago I was threatened with with losing my job over my hair colour. and that was in this country and in local government where they oh so preachy about equality and non-discrimination. well apparently that doesnt extent to what colour you choose to die your hair of. I ended up changing my job instead of changing myself.

[helwin tins]

yeah, because hair colour is so comparable to sexuality.

[jay]

i somehow don't think that's what vera was saying. i think she was more making the point that she was expressing herself as an individual and the professional world tried to stop her from doing so. i've been there myself, i was once called a 'bad nurse' because i had red hair. did my hair actually affect the care i gave to my patients? no. but i was made to feel 2cm tall because of it. discrimination against dress sense/hair cut/colour is not the same as discrimination because of sexuality, race or creed, but it's still discrimination and it still has the potential to make one feel belittled and less than what they are.

[helwin tins]

i understood what she was saying.

the point is, hair colour is something you choose, whereas sexuality, race etc are not. therefore to compare the two is to minimise the problem of real prejudice within society. when it comes down to it, sometimes it's NOT appropriate to have brightly dyed hair - this is something you've got to take into consideration when you make the choice to alter your appearance to something unusual.

[jay]

in my opinion, i don't really see an issue with brightly dyed hair. hair colour shouldn't have any impact on how you do your job, it's just how people perceive you that's the issue, which is therefore nothing to do with you, it's their problem for pre-judging you etc.

i do see your point on the hair colour vs sexuality issue though, i know that sexuality, race etc are not choices we can make. i'm just saying that when someone is judged or made to feel terrible for something to do with them as a person, it's never right - and this is whether they've had a choice in altering/expressing/being themselves or not.

[verocs]

i was not comparing the choice of haircolour to sexuality or race or gender. I was commenting on the part that I have quoted which was in my opinion about expressing yourself in general.

[Radio_Dance]

I like the blog (:
& I don't think its cheesy at all.
Did anyone see the lady gaga equality march speech. I thought that was quite good.

[franklyimfrances]

If you dont agree with what patrick is saying then tbh you shouldnt be here