| Re: Don't open this if you get your feelings hurt - Why does everyone say its OK to be gay?[PR&C] |
Subject: Re: Don't open this if you get your feelings hurt - Why does everyone say its OK to be gay?[PR&C] by bogus on 2011/6/24 17:05:31 Quote:
Oh, my. Don... This isn't promoting an agenda to children. This is so much deeper. This is helping. This is cathartic. This is an adult generation, helping teens, who are now coming to terms with their own sexuality and having to deal with bullies, thugs, ignorance, intolerance. I graduated HS in 1983. There was a small group - dozen or so - boys where were gay and in the cosmetology program at the local vocational HS. They were seriously flaming. On boy in that group, Phil, I met as a sophomore. He was a freshman and we sat next to each other in typing class. We were friends and all was cool. The following year, I was a jr and he soph, during that summer, he came out of the closet. What was interesting was how he acted out against ME. I never had much problem with that group, there were others who felt they had to prove their manliness by picking on the gay kids, but it wasn't my deal - I had been bullied enough for being the fat kid, it never felt right for me to bully someone else for whatever reason. Perhaps this is why I feel social equality for all is so very important... because I was denied that in grade school by my peers. I have a friend who is somewhat hiding in the closet. I have another who has come out completely. And it doesn't bother me. It is what it is. My one friend who is out has been with his partner for 7 or 8 years. Love is blind. Man is opinionated. |
