same-sex love

As for my stance? Well, to be honest, it was kinda like the media's influence on the imagery of drugs. A bit of the ol' propaganda brainwash effect (not TV ads, I'm referring to local. Possibly my old man). Flat-out didn't like 'em.

Then a rather bizarre thing happened. Around when I was 16, I ran into a gal that I knew from back when I was 9 until I was 13 or so. Had grown into quite a pretty gal, and I got around to talking to her. Most of it was online, since she lived 100 miles away at this point (I ran into her again when she was revisiting the old school at a friend's request). Quickly found out that we were almost entirely alike. Background, politics, humor, interest in anime (but not to the extent of being a freak), etc. Then I figured I'd finally find out if she had a boyfriend. I made a roundabout jab of someone mistaking my voice on the phone for someone else's when I tried to call her, saying "they figured I was your boyfriend I think~"

Her response was "Ahahaha. I don't have a boyfriend." Immediately I did a bit of a victory dance but I felt my feet swept out from under me when she said she was only interested in girls. I covered up my disbelief rather swiftly, continued the conversation without missing a beat, but once I hung up? Ooof. Talk about a little maelstrom of emotions. We had our long stretches of not talking simply due to schedules and what-not, but finally we did so, and I thought to myself "meh... Fuck it" and just shut her sexuality out of my mind. Kept talking to her as a buddy. Then she actually came to me asking for advice in regards to a girlfriend of hers. Made me uncomfortable, but I gave her help. Bit by bit, I found myself more and more accepting, since I knew a homosexual personally and got used to talking to them. If she one day maaaagically turned straight, I'd date her in a heartbeat. But nothing shy of a fucked up emotional experience or blunt trauma to the head will cause that. 'Till then, she'll remain as she is: most definitely one of my best friends.

I didn't think they were sodomites who would burn in eternal hellfire in the past. Never. But I'd grumble angrily about them. Now, they just strike me as bizarre (or rather unusual, being a better of choice of words) when I come across them. I visited San Francisco last year and saw two guys holding hands that walked down the street past me. I watched them for a couple seconds then looked on as if nothing happened. In addition, about a year before that, samari (former poster here) and I met up since we both attended A&M. He was homosexual, but I didn't feel even slightly uncomfortable talking to him, since I was used to him Guess I underwent conversion, thanks to my friend =o

If you ever talk to someone of the religious right about homosexuals, it absolutely startles me as to how much hate they can have for a type of person without even knowing them.

Bottom line though? It strikes me as out of place. I don't feel the urge to slit their throats or anything weird like that. It's just something I'm not used to seeing. If anyone here was exposed to the same background, you'd possibly identify. Something to compare it to? I have a pet beagle who is missing a leg. It was shot and had to be amputated. He's still a good ol' sweet beagle, but folks who haven't seen him before are really estranged by his stump/missing leg. It's just a matter of getting used to really.

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Homosexual PDAs?:

Spoiler:

Hey, I accept them just fine. Can't stop me from making fun of them just like every other niche of society ='D

Jam it back in, in the dark.