{"id":146905,"date":"2015-07-05T17:09:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T17:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/07\/05\/starbuckstiel-merindab-merindab-5\/"},"modified":"2018-09-07T09:45:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T09:45:39","slug":"starbuckstiel-merindab-merindab-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/07\/05\/starbuckstiel-merindab-merindab-5\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-146905 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/07\/05\/starbuckstiel-merindab-merindab-5\/attachment\/146906\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tumblr_np6wyeftmR1rftii4o1_400-2-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" 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href=\"http:\/\/merindab.tumblr.com\/post\/121488508324\/merindab-merindab-john-barrowman-the-making\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">merindab<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/merindab.tumblr.com\/post\/120937974379\/merindab-john-barrowman-the-making-of-me\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">merindab<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/merindab.tumblr.com\/post\/120347943114\/john-barrowman-the-making-of-me-2008-im\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">merindab<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>John Barrowman, <i>The Making of Me <\/i>(2008)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to try and explain why this really shook me, and I\u2019ll probably fail, but here goes: John\u2019s very secure in his sexuality. He\u2019s known he was gay since he was eight, and he grew up in a loving, supportive family. Yet he still fears that if he\u2019d stayed in a country where homosexuality was illegal for most of the first part of his life, that he wouldn\u2019t have survived.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s why equal rights are so important.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is over 2k notes now. I just want to thank all of you for sharing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>#<a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/but-people-still-say-their-%27opinion%27-that-gays-are-disgusting-and-should-be-criminalized\" target=\"_blank\">but people still say their \u2018opinion\u2019 that gays are disgusting and should be criminalized<\/a>\u00a0#<a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/is-not-harmful-at-all\" target=\"_blank\">is not harmful at all<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/if-a-man-like-John-Barrowman\" target=\"_blank\">if a man like John Barrowman<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/whose-entire-existence-has-been-one-big-happy-ball-of-sunshine\" target=\"_blank\">whose entire existence has been one big happy ball of sunshine<\/a>\u00a0#<a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/that-he-has-shared-with-the-world\" target=\"_blank\">that he has shared with the world<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/believes-he-would-have-killed-himself-if-he-could-not-BE-himself\" target=\"_blank\">believes he would have killed himself if he could not BE himself<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/then-what-about-all-the-others%3F\" target=\"_blank\">then what about all the others?<\/a>\u00a0#<a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/these-things-fucking-matter\" target=\"_blank\">these things fucking matter<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/hate-is-harmful\" target=\"_blank\">hate is harmful<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/it%27s-deadly\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s deadly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/momentsofweakness.tumblr.com\/tagged\/your-%27opinion%27-is-shit\" target=\"_blank\">your \u2018opinion\u2019 is shit<\/a>\u00a0(via @momentsofweakness)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/this-is-seriously-startling\" target=\"_blank\">#this is seriously startling<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/this-should-give-people-a-clue\" target=\"_blank\">#this should give people a clue<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/John-is-always-so-out-there-and-open-and-himself\" target=\"_blank\">#John is always so out there and open and himself<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/he%27s-so-full-of-life-and-energy\" target=\"_blank\">#he\u2019s so full of life and energy<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/but-seeing-this-and-finding-out-what-it-was-like-in-his-home-country-and-for-him-to-admit-what-might-have-happened-to-him-if-he%27d-stayed\" target=\"_blank\">#but seeing this and finding out what it was like in his home country and for him to admit what might have happened to him if he\u2019d stayed<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/is-disturbing\" target=\"_blank\">#is disturbing<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/i%27ve-never-seen-such-a-sincerely-serious-look-on-his-face-before-when-he-wasn%27t-acting\" target=\"_blank\">#i\u2019ve never seen such a sincerely serious look on his face before when he wasn\u2019t acting<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/because-he%27s-always-smiling-and-always-utterly-himself\" target=\"_blank\">#because he\u2019s always smiling and always utterly himself<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/that-this-look-of-shock-and-disgust-and-worry-on-his-face-really-just...hits-you-in-the-chest\" target=\"_blank\">#that this look of shock and disgust and worry on his face really just\u2026hits you in the chest<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.com\/tagged\/that%27s-how-serious-this-shit-is-and-how-important-it-is\" target=\"_blank\">#that\u2019s how serious this shit is and how important it is<\/a>\u00a0(via <a href=\"http:\/\/tmblr.co\/mlVcpsKUlqfcHfZBDCPN51A\" target=\"_blank\">madamelokiofasgard<\/a> )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>starbuckstiel: merindab: merindab: merindab: John Barrowman, The Making of Me (2008) I\u2019m going to try and explain why this really shook me, and I\u2019ll probably fail, but here goes: John\u2019s very secure in his sexuality. He\u2019s known he was gay since he was eight, and he grew up in a loving, supportive family. Yet he &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/07\/05\/starbuckstiel-merindab-merindab-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[16829,6321,11919,2971,16830],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146913,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146905\/revisions\/146913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}