Last weekend my boyfriend and I were in a large department store (the furniture section) and he grabbed me and kissed me. A group of girls were nearby and didn’t bat an eyelid. Later in the DVD section I picked up ‘Beaches’ and showed it to him. A father nearby looked at us and said ‘faggots.’
Some of the most mature people I’ve met were decades younger than some of the most immature people I’ve met.
The arch of the universe does bend toward justice … sometimes it leaves people in the dust. raf is exactly right – emotional and social maturity does not necessarily come with age.
That’s the generation shift I keep hearing about, My generation, those that grew up in the 60′s, was the first generation to come out to family in significant numbers -and- we were met with strong resistance and criticism from straights but also older gays. Now young gay people come out in all areas of their lives whether it is school, work, church, neighborhood, etc. -and- they are met with strong resistance and criticism from straights but also many gays including my generation responsbile for tearing down that family closet. So you see what makes it OK to come out is enough gay people coming out to make the argument that gay people shouldn’t come out ludicrous. Now there only needs to be enough gay people affirming their sexuality instead of going in the closet to make the argument that all gay people come out seem ludicrous. And I understand about hating being single…I have several young people in my family, all straight, that are single and hate it, too. Hang in there.
This has to be my favorite story so far. In conveys so much with so little. Wonderful.
The good thing is there are more people who are acceptting then ever before.
da best. Keep it going! Thank you