For All of Us Who've Seen the Light

This is so amazing and well-written it just makes me want to stand up and give you a round of applause at my computer :) I'm not going to say I know how you feel because as a straight girl, as understanding as I try to be, I've never had to experience all that stuff first hand. What did really resonate with me was this sentence, "I’ve learned to speak in a certain way, with an assumption of a certain shared understanding". My parents (in particular my mum) raised me to be super-liberal and accepting of everyone's differences and I was taught that whatever I wanted to do or be would be fine with them as long as I was happy. When I encounter homophobia or prejudice from other people, especially from those the same age as me, it still shocks me sometimes because I just don't get it. I expect everyone else to think the same way I do and I’ve got into a few heated arguments because I can’t understand why they’re so bothered by what other people do. This just about summed up perfectly how I feel about it all: “There’s enough pain in this world and little enough joy that you don’t understand why it matters so much who you love. Isn’t it enough that you love at all?”

Sorry that turned out a bit tl;dr! Thanks for sharing and I hope you work things out with your mum <3