Proud Pescatarian

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Today, is day number 2. I have successfully completed my 2nd day of being an honest Pescatarian:

"one whose diet includes fish but no meat" (according to merriam-webster)

 Recently, I've been watching a lot of documentaries related to global warming, water wars and our ecological footprint on earth and it really got to me. Struck a chord, hit home, serious wake-up call. Therefore, I decided to start my pescatarian diet!!


You may be thinking..how does this relate to being gay? Well, I think it does. As a minority group, we want people to accept us and have a non-biased, non-prejudice attitude and opinion about our lifestyle right? I often feel it's the narrow-minded, hypocritical, uneducated and ignorant people who have the most prejudice against people who are not like them. Wouldn't it make sense to become the opposite of those people? 


So my logic goes like this:   As a triple minority (gay, woman, Chinese) I should strive to be the exact opposite of ignorant people by keeping an open-mind, educating myself on as much as possible and being a responsible citizen to my country and the planet i'm currently living on. If I strive to be the best that I can, then I'm setting a positive example for future generations and at the same time, giving people who ARE ignorant and prejudice against minorities LESS reason and ammo to build on their hate. This world has enough hatred to go around - we should try to have more good people spread more compassion everywhere - in all forms - to one another and to our environment.


Ok, enough of the preaching...the other reasons I feel are a plus to this pescatarian diet are:

1. Minimizing my ecological footprint from removing red meat from my diet. Specifically, all the truck carbon dioxide output, methane from cows, and packaging materials to transport meat is cut down.
2. Save a few animals' lives. 
3. Cheaper lifestyle = I save grocery $$ every week
4. Healthier diet for myself. Less fat and oil and bad cholesterol consumed in my own body
5. Makes me feel good :) I'm contributing to a greener planet and making a difference.

What do you think? Would you ever consider being a Pescatarian or Vegetarian?