Mom and Dad always taught me to do what I wanted as long as I felt it was the right thing to do; so I guess I went on doing just that. I began by playing soccer, geeking out on computer games, getting straight As, and being the best friend to anyone I could. I was your typical guy, playing sports whenever I could, doing homework when I couldn’t, and playing video games when I could be sleeping. Wasn’t high school great? So what happened?

Now, I’m in my second year in college, and my first time in a year and three-month relationship, with another man. When I first accepted it and came out, I figured, “This is going to be a hard life;” then I realized that I am probably really lucky. After coming to terms with being gay, which took me a whole twelve seconds, my life was still the same; two years later, yeah… still the same. The family still loves me, best friends still love me, good friends still love me, people I barely know are still friends with me, people I don’t know still don’t know me. I have yet to lose a single friend or a family member since I told them I am a big homo and life really has not gotten much harder or different at all.

It’s quite interesting, as I sit back and think about everything; I never knew I would be here today–not even the slightest idea of it–but I’m sure glad it is the way it is. I don’t feel I was born gay, I don’t feel I was deprived as a child or lacked love or whatever it is people think “causes gay”; all I can think is that my parents did a fine job of raising an open-minded son.

I know I am young, but I’m looking forward to the rest of my life as a homo; I’m looking forward to actively changing people’s minds about what being a homo is; I’m looking forward to being me, the same me I’ll continue being because I like being happy.

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