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I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye to You

I reached my tipping point yesterday evening. Try as I might, I can no longer ignore what I have known for some time and from what others have been saying to me as well.  I cannot ignore your prejudicial and homophobic comments any longer. Although not personally directed at me, they nonetheless are directed at me as I am part of a sexual minority community and I proudly identify as a gay man.  You must have known this would be forthcoming or perhaps insensitive and hateful speech just roll out of your mouth like toilet paper on the roll. Both are full of shit. You know full well what my journey has been in discovery and acceptance of myself. You were a witness to this in the beginning. I’ve struggled with this for a time, that is, I never allow people off the hook for minimizing others in regards to presentation, affectional orientation, race or religious belief. I call it out immediately, but I realized some time ago that I was not forthcoming in calling people out who d...