On March 25th and
26th, in Atlantic City, NJ, Jolin Tsai a Taiwanese, singer
songwriter, will perform two shows at the Borgata Hotel and Casino. Let’s
all get out and welcome her to the Tri-state area and show our appreciation for
the support that she gives to the LGBT community throughout the world.
This tour features her
recent release: PLAY. So many of her hits in Asia; I’m Not
Yours, Miss Trouble, Play, and the song, 不一樣又怎樣 (We
are all Different, Yet the Same) are included in the album. Tsai’s
studio performance is lyrically and emotionally brilliant.
Fortunately, my husband
helps me understand the Mandarin Chinese lyrics and when he is not available to
help with a troubling phrase Google has some great translations available. (In
case you are interested in translating some of her lyrics for yourself.) Tsai’s assertion that when two people mutually
love one another such a bond and only be positive. “Their lives turned
extraordinary when in the same bed.” Who or what gives anyone the right to judge
this love once it has sparked?
From a young age we
are all taught that this mate we seek after is to be an opposite of sex. By the
time I was 8 years of age I felt different. I knew I liked boys. When out with
my sister and mother on Cape Cod we would sometimes see two men hand
in hand or publicly show affection with a kiss. I would feel something that I
quite could not recognize but it would be driven away when I would hear my
mother say, “Oh what a shame. They are such good looking guys.” I fought my
true feelings for many years and told myself I was straight, but I could no
longer deny my feelings. Deep inside denying my true self was literally killing
me.
In our world today
homosexuality is no longer viewed as such a monstrosity. Still homosexuals face
inequality, slander, abuse, and hate. No matter who a person loves or marries
it is still hard to give of oneself to another. Tsai expresses this within the
lyrics, “It is blood and sweat” and “The significant other turned into (their
respective) spouses, leaving behind an out of an ordinary legacy.” When my
lover and I married last year our differences give us our uniqueness; the union
gives us our power, strength, and hope. How can a feeling such as the love that
two people share for one another be considered anything but BEAUTIFUL. Who is
god, religion, the president, the Pope, or anyone to tell someone who they can
love or marry? Love is a feeling. It is natural and it happens Hate groups hide
behind their fear of difference with ignorance and intolerance.
Tsai is sending a
message with the song, We are all Different Yet the Same, that
no matter who is expressing love it is still a sacrament an energy that grows
into the strongest of emotions. Love has the power to unite worlds, stop wars,
end hate, violence, and suffering. Jolin’s song has a powerful message
teaching that it is time to accept and recognize the beauty and strangeness of
love. We are not asking you to understand homosexuality or to try
homosexuality. All we ask is for the chance to let us be ourselves, love who we
want to love, and live in harmony with one another.
Most of all please
stop using God as an excuse to deny any being love. Let’s extend our
hearts to Jolin Tsai on March 25th and 26th in Atlantic City, NJ. She
will be on stage performing her best for her fans in the Tri-state area these
nights.
Tri-state LGBT
Community, be ready dance the night away in support of this beautiful woman’s
efforts of bringing tranquility to our community! If any country (not just LGBT
community) should understand the message in the lyrics to this song it is ours.
The USA is a country that prides itself on being truly different, yet
the same. SHARE.
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