didn't start the fire

Didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world was turning...

Somebody told me yesterday:

I never asked to be different
I never asked the Lord to make me somebody
Who falls in love with another of his own sex
I never wanted to be called 'fag', 'queer', 'chakka'
I never wanted to have limp wrists and a dancing eyebrow

I just wanted to be alive
To have friends
To be one of the guys
To grow up and get married
To be accepted and loved by my family


I didn't start the fire
Then why do you
Why burn me at the stake???