Cheerleading hurts.

What bothers me the most is people who judge me because of the cheer uniform I wear. What I do not appreciate is when people judge me because I am gay and I freely express myself. I am so disappointed in all the people out there seeing something out of the ordinary and they don’t accept it. I hate it when they stare down, or start whispering when I walk pass by strangers who do not know me because of my uniform. I really do not like it. I hate it, literally makes me not want to cheer anymore because I get afraid of getting called by a derogatory name. I know what to do, I know to not pay attention, keep my head up, but it still hurts a little ya know? They act like they’ve never seen a guy cheerleader before. I just wish people were just open minded. The only way I change their mind is dancing. When I perform, I perform my blood and guts out there. And when I finish performing, I feel good, because I knew that they were paying attention to the team and we all shined and they have a new perspective of me. But I just really would like to feel safe in other schools when I cheer. I want to be able to feel like I am not getting judged. But that cannot happen because that is not how the way the world works.