A long time ago, in a galaxy far away....
I'm kidding, my life isn't Star Wars. When I was in first grade, I went to an after school care place with my best friend at the time (For the sake of the story I'll call them Melanie). Melanie and I were attached to the hip, if you saw one of us the other probably wasn't far behind and as a young child I never realized that some people in the town we lived in viewed that as "inappropriate" and "homosexual" , looking back I also realize how wrong that is and how it affected me to this day.
Anyway, we were together all the time and one day we got into a tickle fight, like many children do, while sitting at the snack table. I vividly remember this much older boy who had to be atmost twice my age, with blond hair and cobalt blue eyes and wearing a blue t-shirt and black basketball shorts leering over us laughing and sneering out, " What are you two brats? Gay?" He stalked away, hands shoved in his pockets as he shook from laughing so hard.
I didn't understand what "gay" meant, but Melanie did and she refused to look me in the eyes or touch me at all for the rest of the week.
Later that day, my mom had picked me up and we were driving home when I popped the big question: "Momma, what does gay mean?"
Her hands clenched, and she whipped around to ask" Who said that word?" I was honest and told her it was an older kid. She sighed and said, " Don't let anyone ever call you that, it is not a nice thing to say right now."
My mother is one of the most understanding and accepting people I know, but those words ( and a few others) are burned in my mind to this day.
ESTÁS LEYENDO
Pride
De TodoPride is something that I have had for years, but showing it isn't as easy to me as it might be for others. This is my story about how I began to find myself.
