Ignorance Isnt Bliss
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Everybody is confronted with homophobia on a daily basis, but most people don’t realize it. Members of the gay community do though. We’re faced with it 24/7. Whether I’m visiting family, or hanging out with friends, or even just watching T.V., I can’t escape it.
I’m “out” to most of my family, but there are still a few people I’m too afraid to tell. My grandma Sara is one of the biggest homophobes that I have ever met. And that’s saying a lot because I’ve met some pretty crazy homophobes before. She thinks that you can turn gay by talking to a gay person and that you contract AIDS by touching them. Now, obviously she’s kind of an idiot, but she’s still my grandmother. She’s always ranting about how I need to “find a good God fearing man” and “raise children in the name of the lord” and other stupid shit like that. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with religious people, I have a problem with them pushing their religion on me. And no matter how many times I have told her I don’t believe in the same things she does, she wont stop. I just want to scream at her “I’M GAY!! SO SHUT UP AND GET OVER IT!!” But if I did that she would never talk to me again. Unless I like, said I’d give up my “evil ways” and swore allegiance to god, or something else that makes no sense to me at all. I know that if she really loved me, she wouldn’t care, but her half love is better than none at all.
It seems to be mainly my grandmas that have homophobia issues. Don’t get me wrong, I love them, but it can get hard. My grandma IvaLou started crying when she found out I was a gay rights supporter. Imagine how she would feel if I told her that her granddaughter is a flaming lesbian!! Ok, I wouldn’t say it like that, but still. I know that if I told her, she would still love me and everything, but I’d feel like I was disappointing her. There are times (a lot of times) when I wish I were straight. It would make everything so much easier. Then maybe I wouldn’t feel...
I’m “out” to most of my family, but there are still a few people I’m too afraid to tell. My grandma Sara is one of the biggest homophobes that I have ever met. And that’s saying a lot because I’ve met some pretty crazy homophobes before. She thinks that you can turn gay by talking to a gay person and that you contract AIDS by touching them. Now, obviously she’s kind of an idiot, but she’s still my grandmother. She’s always ranting about how I need to “find a good God fearing man” and “raise children in the name of the lord” and other stupid shit like that. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with religious people, I have a problem with them pushing their religion on me. And no matter how many times I have told her I don’t believe in the same things she does, she wont stop. I just want to scream at her “I’M GAY!! SO SHUT UP AND GET OVER IT!!” But if I did that she would never talk to me again. Unless I like, said I’d give up my “evil ways” and swore allegiance to god, or something else that makes no sense to me at all. I know that if she really loved me, she wouldn’t care, but her half love is better than none at all.
It seems to be mainly my grandmas that have homophobia issues. Don’t get me wrong, I love them, but it can get hard. My grandma IvaLou started crying when she found out I was a gay rights supporter. Imagine how she would feel if I told her that her granddaughter is a flaming lesbian!! Ok, I wouldn’t say it like that, but still. I know that if I told her, she would still love me and everything, but I’d feel like I was disappointing her. There are times (a lot of times) when I wish I were straight. It would make everything so much easier. Then maybe I wouldn’t feel...