'The entire conversation, one she will likely forget by the time her first girlfriend asks about her coming out story, was just 18 words.'
The evening was otherwise forgettable. I sat on the living room floor ignoring the last few episodes ofas I tried to Pinterest my way through a blanket project, oversized yarn sprawled out in front of me on the hardwood floor. My daughter, 8 years of endearing awkwardness, sat down on the chunky cable knit spoils of my labor as I hand-wove the last few rows.
“Mom,” she said, her little face lit by the glow of the TV hung over the fireplace. Her skin still baby soft, her cute upturned nose boasted a small smudge of dirt, “Is he gay?” Her chin motioning towards the extravagantly adorable Titus Andromedon over-acting on screen. Not really looking up I answer, “Yeah, honey, he is.”
She lays down on the not-yet-finished blanket, her thin arms and legs slowly making invisible snow angels. “I think I’m gay, too.” She says matter-of-factly. I smile. I want to jump up, hug her, love on her, make her feel accepted, but I take her lead on this. To her, it’s just a statement, an observation, it’s not a big deal. So I let it stay in the not-a-big-deal category, “I think so too, hun.
, who will help my sweet girl if she needs it. Because I promise you this, she’s the type of kid that will help yours.If you have the type of beliefs that don’t encourage you to be an LGBTQ ally, I ask that you focus on the part of your beliefs that encourage you to love others and not to judge. Focus your kids on those, I beg you. Because it won’t be that long before I have to send that sweet kid out into this hateful world.
I know this is in some ways really selfish of me to ask, but I need you to raise up a generation of humans that will help keep my kid safe in a world so full of people who would hurt her if they got the chance. I’ll do the same for you, my kid will stand up for yours if she is ever the one to see your grown-up baby being hurt on that late night subway. I have to believe that this generation of parents is more ally than anger. Please, help me to be right.
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