Prop8 Andrea Gibson - I do

[Bigrlboi1]

I'm a lesbian. I know exactly how this feels. I cry everytime I hear it. Love Andrea Gibson. I'm also a poet. But I will never be as good.

[MsHannaF]

I remember first hearing this poem and being amazed, and then I remember the few eyebrows I raised when I posted it to Facebook and memorized it in two days because my cousin thought I was "coming out". I'm straight. And I was completely dumbfounded as to why I couldn't enjoy a lesbian poet's piece of art without being considered gay myself. Hopefully this time around in my generation people will open up their minds. Rock on, Andrea.

[TheZadolbalo]

так быстро говорит, нихрена не поняла

Переведите кто-нить?

[Sage80]

So long, western civilization. I'm off to blow a goat. why? because it's better than watching this.

[emoskop]

That was ... ... "amazing" doesn't quite cover it.

Thank you for existing.

[emocass]

Beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL.

[senpai16]

Oh evertime I hear this I cry a bit. It really is bautiful. Very tallented woman

[TheCosmicLatte]

This makes me feel in love.

[TRiPinkCorner3]

this has inspired me. this gave me goosebumps. shes amazing

[hswift10]

I love this. Also, Vermont shout out.. woot woot ah yeah

[Nomming]

This gives me chills every time I listen to it.

[MrGreenBunnies]

I didn't even realize I was holding my breath until it was over.

[Nickybrat09]

I want to have her babies.

[JurricaChiannaNycole]

i think i'm in love.

[SpyinGirly]

I have her book, I read this all the time

[KZphinazee]

@SpyinGirly do you think you could send the lyrics?

[BombsNotMoms]

Twelve people don't believe in love.

[honestlyiamsmiling]

absolutely beautiful.

[londyneatsairplanes]

This is fucking beautiful. I love Andrea Gibson

[MisterSnarkle]

Andrea Gibson is my favorite poet. The way she writes makes me want to sing, and cry. I can't help but choke up and clutch my chest because it's so beautiful nothing but tears can make it bearable.

[Shivierie]

You've inspired me. So much.

[BonIver49]

Anyone know where I can find the words to this poem?

[Houseoflocals]

Okay, I've watched this like three times and something else in it has made me cry each time. Good lord.

[Houseoflocals]

HOLY. SHIT.

[Tresisme1]

WOW !! That was Beautiful and very moving.2 of my elderly aunts 91 & 89 Well One was a blood aunt of my husbands & the other was her best friend & roomate and business partner of 67 years!! 67 !! She was considered family. It was known in the family that they were lesbians but they NEVER felt they could make it known. That always saddened me. I can't imagine how hard that must have been to NEVER to be able to say I LOVE HER or kiss her or be able to be PROUD of what they had in front of others.

[cookoo4cocoapuffs818]

The 11 people who disliked should go to hell.... Thats all i have to say.

[cherry676]

^_^

[GrriiBhiteChu]

Ok this is awesome! So true!! Haha some parts made me smile too. :)

[just1again]

This is so beautiful..this is love. How can love be legislated away? bullshit!

[KasimirGoldenblatt]

she so right! just found out about andrea's poems a few days ago and i'm impressed and touched by her words.

[pugrrl11]

this moved me to tears. absolutely amazing.

[bjg223]

what the hell is the song she starts off singing???

[coralilyy]

@bjg223 she made it up. its part of her poem

[bjg223]

@coralilyy really i never would've guessed it sounds soo familiar.

[mermaidnamedjessica]

Blue moon



[KyoSohma2211]

@bjg223 The tune of it is similar to "Blue Moon". I think that's the one I'm thinking of.

[alexaperezz]

I cried.

[EmRosalina]

mind. blown. <3

[HJManson]

genuinely upset by this video, whoever said calling lesbians ugly is a generalisation/stereotype should watch this bint

[SchrodingersPet]

@HJManson I'm sure if she put on your mom's maybeline lipstick and got a long-haired wig, wore smth hollywood celebrities would, you'd consider her a lot more prettier. Too bad though, bc obviously she could care less. & although, I don't even feel the need to defend her on that area, I do feel the need to insult idiots like you. Since instead of listening to her poem, all you care about is how she looks (she looks very casual & handsome fyi.) & most lesbians are just gorgeous. so stfu or gtfo.

[HJManson]

@SchrodingersPet a lot more prettier? what dire grammar you cretin! and my mum's dead so your comment reduced me to tears i hope you're content

[SchrodingersPet]

@HJManson your "mum"? think about your spelling before you call somebody else a cretin. Also, you should know better that when you insult people in a certain way, you will go get something firing back at you. And I didn't know that a youtube comment that brought up your mom's maybeline lipstick would ever "reduce you to tears" just because she has passed away. Also. I was in no way insulting your mom there, I was only insulting you. And yes I am content, because you are quite hilarious.

[HJManson]

@SchrodingersPet the correct, english spelling is 'mum' so do some revision. you're a heartless individual

[SchrodingersPet]

@HJManson the "correct" English spelling? uh maybe you mean the British spelling. "Mom" is how you spell it in the US. And I'm heartless? Insulting large amount of people, and I'm the heartless one? uhh....

[HJManson]

@SchrodingersPet no i was right the first time, it's the English spelling. you are a terrible person

[SchrodingersPet]

@HJManson you are hilarious.

[overcastmorning]

@SchrodingersPet "Mom" is the American spelling. "Mum" is the English spelling. Y'know, how they spell it in England.

[Archaebob]

I'm a seventeen year old kid, and this poem, among others, has inspired me to write stuff myself for the first time. /watch?v=NRRqJZMPs8Q

I did this in front of like six-hundred people, which I never could have done before the inspiration I got from this video. Thank you Andrea for your gift to me.

[mangafrek101]

well damn. i wish i was 18 and an American citizen.

[MDubBeezy]

Wow... Just wow. She has a talent and is definitely not taking it for granted. Thank you, Andrea Gibson. The world needs you more than ever right now. 

[cj06feb]

Love i s a beatifull thing oh at the end of the day every1 just want to be happy

[lina25]

UNREAL.

[5447whatsmynumber]

This is the first poem and performance I have seen of her; I am left with chills flowing up and down my bloodstream right now. Holy Shit. Andrea Gibson, you are beyond anything I've ever heard. A goddess with words, & Riveting.

[charmedlover13]

This made me want to laugh and cry omg I love it <3 DOWN WITH PROP8

[beatriz0607]

this is beautiful!!

[cc1230000]

love this

so beautiful

[MsShadowfang101]

OMG!!! I love her, she is awesome, I swear, a lot of her poetry makes me cry! it's just so...raw.

[multitalentino]

Has a gay person ever demanded of YOU to give up rights? Has a gay person ever mistreated YOU? Has a gay person ever forced YOU to believe how YOU should live your private life?

Who are YOU to demand second class citizenship for OTHERS? Want to live in restricted ways? DO IT! Nobody is running YOUR life for you, so stop sticking your bigoted nose into what's none of YOUR business!

What if EVERYBODY was a hate obsessed bigot?

You are NOT serving society with your hatred.

[howmanycharacterscan]

@multitalentino well i hate to burst your bubble but of course the answer to the top few questions are all no, but only because they never were a majority and given the choice to.

but that aside this is a nice poem.

[thursdaysrecords1]

@howmanycharacterscan Compare YOUR wisdom to my original "poem".

Compare YOUR righteousness with that of any compassionate, intelligent human being.

Compare YOUR character to that of anyone whose only "flaw" is NOT thinking with the same hateful and slefish mind.

You're in your own little world where nothing really matters, excpet your delusion of being "better" by virtue of your faith-based hatered for anyone who is "different".

Enjoy! Nobody wants any. More for YOU!

[howmanycharacterscan]

@thursdaysrecords1 okay i didn't read what you wrote but please stop with the caps.

[sabrielfan]

"But the mother fuckers say we can't"

This poems is so beautiful. I cried in front of the rest of my Writing class when my teacher played this.

[abstractjar]

Brought tears to my eyes.

[SaveTheEarth552]

My entire body is in chills, my heart is hot, and I'm in tears. I want to live inside this woman's beautiful mind.

[3Shadeh]

Everytime I hear this, I cry.

I think of the woman who had to die alone, because the hospital wouldn't let her partner and their children be with her when she died.

I wonder if I'll have to die alone one day, or if my wife will have to die alone one day, as a result of prejudice.

I wonder if, in our final hours, we will be treated with hate and prejudice, when all we wanted was to be treated with dignity and love.

[kcames01]

this lady is going to change the world

[XoXomyranda]

Amazing.

[slhackney55]

OMG! Why haven't I seen this totally amazing and full of love woman?!

[celissa911]

AMAZING

[nwsafreshman]

So amazing!

[missdivinestalls]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 love love love this!

[saraheve42]

freakin LOVE it!

[Meezylameness]

i LOVE this video

but kansas has wheat. not corn. 

[DangerouslySimple]

Okay... crying... AGAIN... Andrea, you are truly amazing. Thank you for sharing such amazing talent with the world. Thank you. Thank you so much. I have no words.

[lordkatakos]

This is... just made me feel amazing.

[AdventureTimeTy]

Oh god, scat is so damn annoying. lol

[yannicrouche]

this video gives me hope for our future

[PressReview]

I'm such a straight male you could plot points on me, but I wept when I heard Andrea Gibson perform "I Do" and all I could think of is what would I do if they didn't let me stay at my wife's side (32 years so far) in some cold hospital room twenty years from now? My heart aches. I don't know why so many of my favorite artists are "women who wear comfortable shoes" (Meshell Ndegeocello, Kaki King, Audre Lorde) but perhaps it's because they feel so powerful they transcend the bonds of gender.

[zerojayr]

that was sooo fucking amazing

[lovexplainsthewhy]

Love this! So inspirational...got me all emotional thinking about my own girl...shes incredibly talented and I am now hooked on her poetry :D

Fckh8! :)

[RiotNotDietGrrrL]

Pure talent. Pure LOVE and RESPECT for her.

[tcadenbach]

wonderful, beautiful

[theredder]

Amazing

[texesjack100]

good on yah girl well done

[Ikireson]

It's been a year or so since I've heard this again.. and still, it's more powerful than the first time. Something about her just lingers with me, I always come back and listen to her poetry.

[CheerioWeOh]

speechless

[mahalannah]

1 word: WOW!

[ashleysweet27]

wow so touching. let use be let use me who we are

[ddustbunny000]

Beautiful!

[Lphant1]

Word

[aninhas1979]

That is class, well done :)

[aninhas1979]

...LoL...I never thought someone could speak so fast as me... ;D She is telling 50 years in 4:07 seconds ;D

[rimaalable]

Beautiful verse. So touching, witty and melodious.

Brilliant.

Thanks for posting.

[Lindafc2002]

brilliant and so touching, Im a straight woman, but have lots of Gay friends and follow a few male gay singers, I think its so beautiful going to a gay pride event and seeing gay couples just being happy together, what harm are they doing anyone, no at all!

[TwitterJayFmOnline]

As a straight guy i can honestly say that homophobia SUCKS big time!! I'm 100% sure Jesus himself would rally against Prop8.

[G1rlF516nd]

Beautiful... stunning... it took my breath away. The kind of love she is talking about, that kind of committment. How can anyone see something so beautiful as wrong? If everyone loved their partner in this way, the world would be a much better place.

[Homophobiawatch]

AWESOME, just AWESOME,

Gay♥ from GayGroupsTube

[boricuas4669]

@Homophobiawatch Awesome video, thank you for share it with me !! ... JR :-)

[dottedllama]

Holy crap. I'm hooked.

[Holebis]

Hello, this is SOOOOOO NICE.

I had tears in my eyes hearing this.

And yo have to listen carefully, because it goes quickly.

I'm glad you have other video's of her also.

Gay♥ and greetzz from Holebis

This one goes to my friends

[chachachica7]

the greatest love poem i've ever heard... gets me every time.

[willyllama]

FUCKING AMAZING<3 seriously!<3

[ShadowRaphael]

This is profoundly beautiful. Thank you.

[amarr1]

Jesus fucking Christ. Awesome.

[kinduvabigdeal]

I don't really co-sign homosexuality (I have my opinion you have yours what ever happened to tolerance of people with different views?) But man, this was beautiful!! I had to favorite anyway.

[NickolasK]

@kinduvabigdeal It's not a matter of differing opinions. I completely agree you have every right to disagree with being gay (or whatever your opinion is on the matter). The point is, you having a different opinion doesn't give you (or anyone else) the right to violate what should be basic civil rights.

[debrat1964]

Wow, love it.

[UnoriginalUsername]

I saw Andrea perform this live in Sacramento a few months back, and every time the power of her words give me the power to be proud of who I am and the woman I love.

This is my favorite of her poems. (:

[sanra15]

this poem is fantastic, it always makes me smile so much, and kind of makes my eyes a bit moist, no matter how many times i've listened to it now.

[xmightyxfangirlx]

I would love to be able to see the full written words for this

[bestemore]

LOVE YOU CRAZY BITCH

[zullamonster]

oh andrea, i love you and your brain. 

[theamazingsupergirl]

anybody know her channel name, if she has one?

[LynnLoveSausage]

I can't stop watching this, it's so beautiful, it makes me cry everytime I watch.

[BeverlyFisher]

amazing. wonderful. fantastic. to be loved by such a woman... heaven.

[fez01743]

amazing....beautiful....

powerful words

[scootersue105]

Wow, I am speachless, that was amazing

[hsousa54]

This chick is pathetic...

[XoXoNart]

@hsousa54 WTFRICK?!?!? SHE'S AMAZING. WHAT R U TLALKING ABOUT? R U LIKE JEALOUS THAT SHE CAN HELP PPL W/ HER TALENT?? if u don't like her then don't watch it, but if ur going to watch it then DON'T b so frickin disrespectful.

[VintageGinger]

If you are so emotionless that you can see how BEAUTIFUL that was then your the pathetic one.

[HantoKah]

;__;

AMEN

[hsousa54]

Dyke

[HantoKah]

@hsousa54

No, it says right in the title that her name is Gibson.

If you wanna see a real dyke, google image Dick Van.

(duuhhh)

[latestranger]

One of the heads of my GSA showed up this video... she mentioned there might be swearing near the beginning, so our faculty adviser ran across the room and slammed the door right as she said "But the-". It was close.

[christina10603]

Andrea,

This is so beautiful and appropriate for today. You are amazingly talented. I cry every time I watch this. Thank you!

[carolinapoetic]

before i die i want to meet you and hug you andrea i love your words

[crutches13]

makes me cry every time.

[various8]

this just made me cry

[brewster8869]

Amazing!

[noJungleKiss]

You rock.

[emotionalxx3]

she is fucking amazing!

[thepandabear13]

Some day I wish I could be thi amazing when I grow up

[OpenUpToTheWorld]

The rhythms and cadences in this are so powerful, not to mention the words!

[HihiEliza]

this woman is fucking amazing!

[Janet1983]

Does she come with subtitles too?

[thattechguy84]

That was powerful!

[trejor14]

Andrea and Buddy both made the conference for me.

[Adimurti]

she is absolutely brilliant. that was flawless.

and everyone else bitching: could you please get over yourself? maybe once you can write something like that, we'll be more interested in what you think. until then, concentrate on developing a new braincell. you never know - rub it with the other one in your possession and you might get some kind of spark.

[ReallyNow9]

@retownsend Oh honey... you have no idea how many follow this girl. She is one of the best. Try "Blue Blanket".

[ToddVenice]

Not "Special Rights", Halewich, just EQUAL Rights

[hunter2ace]

truly truly amazing, I saw her live for the conference too, words can't even describe how it's even better live

[krnxhinobi]

JUST SAW THIS LIVE !!! OMG she is amazing

[dbz8866]

i saw her at cal poly today for the lgbt western conference and she was beyond amazing.

[iownthepowned]

I wanted to clap at a computer screen...god i want to see this performance

[Trillzilla]

yawn.

[blackp0x]

this is just sooooooo goood :)

[DeepRedBlue]

I still don't get what song this is!

[mydogbuffy2]

I can't get over how few views this has. It's amazing.

[vvvsaravvv]

LOVE

[leannkayjames]

I cried when I watched this.

And then a few hours later, I watched it again,

and cried again.

Beautiful.

[heartofpixels]

I feel stupid, but who's the song she's singing by?

[0dairokkan0]

@heartofpixels It's Blue Moon by The Marcels =]

[WinstonWoIfe]

gay

[GinGinia91]

Goosebumps all over my body...

[RaeOfGenius]

I have chills. I have tears. This was so powerful and it made me feel beautiful just to hear it.

[kim0217]

my girl dedicated this to me i love her so much jenna i do

[DarthPJae]

"You said fear is only a verb if you let it be. Don't you dare let go of my hand!"

OMG she's amazing.

[anonymous6E6R6]

omg this beautiful!

[sickblueboy]

i know i am love....!!!!

[wackyalex94]

jeez, the end never fails to make me tear up...

[dollparts27]

Wow, I have no words.

[Ladybaltimore2010]

@prince86kevin, try Staceyann Chin

[gmbodin]

Amazing and brilliant!

[brookewetzell]

that just gave me chills

[vanne021]

fuck i hope i find love like that one day shit!

[sallyisrad]

I think I am in love... she is so fucking hot!

[pinkpunkbrat]

LOVE IT!

[prince86kevin]

Does anyone know of any other lesbian/gay poets I can find on YouTube? Especially if they're Def poet style.

[TheMrSamAaron]

look up Climbing Poetree

They are amazing

[shelbyoneheart]

check out Buddy Wakefield

[RedNymph234]

I just saw her at the Knight Spot Cafe on Campus...I wanted to cry....and I wanted to write and write and write after listening to her perform...

[stewieb17]

hey shdwgirl your a creeper...but she still is incredibly amazing like you. :p lol