I understad, but it's too bad that if there are LGBT people there, and given the poll results and percentages of the nation it's likely, they don't feel welcome to come out.
Inspired by Redress' post regarding Chief Justice Roberts' lesbian cousin attending the Supreme Court arguments on SSM, I wondered how many DP'ers have gay relatives and friends. As people are more and more comfortable with coming out, I think it's more likely than ever that most of us have gay relatives and friends.
For my part, two of my deceased uncles were gay. I also have had numerous gay friends and acquaintances over the years. One of my extended members is undergoing gender reassignment.
While my beliefs are not spiritually based, I feel the same way. I dont think i have 'gay friends' or 'gay family members'...thats so gay. I have family members, friends, and coworkers that happen to be gay. I treat them with love and respect. I dont agree with them on some issues, but then, if that were a qualification for treating people with love and respect, I dont know how many people I would even 'like', let alone love and care about.Yes, I have a lesbian friend. No GLBT relatives that I know of.
Doesn't change my views, which are religiously based and don't include shunning or otherwise ill-treating anyone who is gay, regardless of what I think about it from a spiritual standpoint.
As far as I know I have no gay relatives.
But we are very good friends with a gay man and his partner who was the recipient of our eldest daughter's heart when she died from injuries sustained in a 1995 automobile accident.
Gay friends, yes.
Gay relatives, well... I'm not sure. Sometimes I think my uncle is a fag.
I think HS's need to stay in the closet as to the whole world for sure just because of the dangers but I would still think they could be out as to their family and closest friends. IDK--it just feels like a balance thing moreso than a feast or famine thing.
I think HS's need to stay in the closet as to the whole world for sure just because of the dangers but I would still think they could be out as to their family and closest friends. IDK--it just feels like a balance thing moreso than a feast or famine thing.
It's just the way it is. People gossip and judge no matter where you are, but it's especially worse in small towns. It's not limited to just gays. I had to leave town to see a shrink, just because the hens cluck too much, followed by a mountain of dumb ****. It's not like they couldn't tell me, it's just one of those things people don't talk about around here.
My grandmother, to this day, refuses to acknowledge my uncle being gay.
He wasn't incredibly feminine, but he did have the traditional lisp. He grew up in rural Alabama, went off to college, got his degree in accounting (followed his footsteps) at University of Alabama (not in that aspect - I went to a real business school). He eventually got a job in Atlanta and lived up there.
She'll swear to this day that he just had a guy "roommate"...of several years. He wasn't married because "he was so involved in his career". I mean, he was involved in his career, but c'mon...
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