Gracious that left me yearning for another portion of your wonderful life Donna . We’ve known each other for a while and now I know more and it not only adds to your remarkable personality but adds to your beautiful self and makes me want to know more of the real you. 🥰
Yes, what could possibly go wrong? This story is such a sharp contrast from the life my daughter has lived. She's 18. Ever since she started school they were always a bunch of kids who you had two moms or two dads. It's just so normal where I live in Montclair New Jersey. Sebastian of liberality soon after puberty, she said she wanted to talk to us. She was very nervous. Which is not like her. After much hemming and hauling and stammering she admitted us to us that she was bisexual. We were so relieved. We thought maybe she had done something horrible and was confessing to a crime of some sort. We told her of course she could be whatever she wanted to be. We asked her why she was so nervous about telling us, my mom is gay for goodness sake. I spent years in the theater, one of my best friends during that time was a wild Brazilian dancer who just happened to be flamboyantly Gay. All the adventures we had during the Coke crazy 80s in New York City! She seemed so relieved. She made an announcement online. All her friends were so loving and supporting and happy for her. I know it feels like sometimes we haven't made much progress in society. But as I read your story, it made me see the world differently. Yes, there are armed thugs throwing innocent children, mothers, dads, grandparents, into vans to take them to concentration camps, white supremacy is on the rise, we are so divided, there's so much hate, misinformation. But reading your story gave me hope. We have made so much progress in this particular way. How you had to grow up, the idea that being gay was a mental illness, you could be thrown in prison, killed for it. Of course in some places that's still true. But in vast Suaves of the world, you can grow up like my daughter did. Free to be you and me. Love who you want to love. She just went to SMITH College this fall, and on the very first day she met a woman who's not her girlfriend. They came and visited over the holidays and they were so lovely together. Young love. And this of course was Love that dared not speak its name not so long ago. When you were growing up. When I was growing up. And now, their young love can thrive and flourish. And that makes me happy.
Thank you so much for your comment, David. I am tremendously happy things are different for your daughter now, and she gets to go through a whole different - and much better - experience exploring her sexuality.
Yes, the cult was definitely against homosexuality, and thought that it could - and should - be changed. It was horrible! Fortunately, after I got out, I reclaimed my true sexuality and live as an out and proud queer woman today.
Yes, Mary, we do. And I found for myself that it's hard but also worth it to follow and discover what it is, as you put it. Thank you for your comment.
I'm glad you don't blame women for being attracted to other women. And you are right that some men can be jerks - as we women can be too, unfortunately - but through my years of life experience, I am so glad that I have come to see that far, far more men are not jerks than the number who are. That includes you, too, Michael.
Thank you, Merrill. Yes, we knew each other back in the day, and I'm glad we've reconnected in the here and now, getting to know each other truly.
Gracious that left me yearning for another portion of your wonderful life Donna . We’ve known each other for a while and now I know more and it not only adds to your remarkable personality but adds to your beautiful self and makes me want to know more of the real you. 🥰
Yes, what could possibly go wrong? This story is such a sharp contrast from the life my daughter has lived. She's 18. Ever since she started school they were always a bunch of kids who you had two moms or two dads. It's just so normal where I live in Montclair New Jersey. Sebastian of liberality soon after puberty, she said she wanted to talk to us. She was very nervous. Which is not like her. After much hemming and hauling and stammering she admitted us to us that she was bisexual. We were so relieved. We thought maybe she had done something horrible and was confessing to a crime of some sort. We told her of course she could be whatever she wanted to be. We asked her why she was so nervous about telling us, my mom is gay for goodness sake. I spent years in the theater, one of my best friends during that time was a wild Brazilian dancer who just happened to be flamboyantly Gay. All the adventures we had during the Coke crazy 80s in New York City! She seemed so relieved. She made an announcement online. All her friends were so loving and supporting and happy for her. I know it feels like sometimes we haven't made much progress in society. But as I read your story, it made me see the world differently. Yes, there are armed thugs throwing innocent children, mothers, dads, grandparents, into vans to take them to concentration camps, white supremacy is on the rise, we are so divided, there's so much hate, misinformation. But reading your story gave me hope. We have made so much progress in this particular way. How you had to grow up, the idea that being gay was a mental illness, you could be thrown in prison, killed for it. Of course in some places that's still true. But in vast Suaves of the world, you can grow up like my daughter did. Free to be you and me. Love who you want to love. She just went to SMITH College this fall, and on the very first day she met a woman who's not her girlfriend. They came and visited over the holidays and they were so lovely together. Young love. And this of course was Love that dared not speak its name not so long ago. When you were growing up. When I was growing up. And now, their young love can thrive and flourish. And that makes me happy.
Thank you so much for your comment, David. I am tremendously happy things are different for your daughter now, and she gets to go through a whole different - and much better - experience exploring her sexuality.
Donna what an interesting piece of your writing. I was excited again to read about your early. Thanks for sharing.
Always a friend
Hal
Always a friend is right, my dear Halbert. Thank you for your ongoing encouragement.
What could possibly go wrong. I...think...I..have...some...idea...😯...
Yes, indeed you do, my dear friend Chip, and thank you for your support.
Ive been learning about your cult. It was one that brutally tried to correct homosexuality? That means you’ve been repressed by them all this time :(
Yes, the cult was definitely against homosexuality, and thought that it could - and should - be changed. It was horrible! Fortunately, after I got out, I reclaimed my true sexuality and live as an out and proud queer woman today.
Everyone has their own journey. I takes courage to follow it to discover what it is.
Yes, Mary, we do. And I found for myself that it's hard but also worth it to follow and discover what it is, as you put it. Thank you for your comment.
I don’t blame any woman for being attracted to other women. And many men can be jerks.
I'm glad you don't blame women for being attracted to other women. And you are right that some men can be jerks - as we women can be too, unfortunately - but through my years of life experience, I am so glad that I have come to see that far, far more men are not jerks than the number who are. That includes you, too, Michael.
Thank you, Donna.
love that last line what could possibly go wrong?
Thanks, Lujira. Buckle up!