Straight A Student....He's out and proud, queer and here, and smart
It seems only appropriate today to post about my awesome nephew (Please Note: THis is with his permission)

For those who might be reading and don't know or don't remember here is the history with an update...

 

·         Almost a year ago today he came out to the family, the fallout was predictable,

·         His parents said ‘we love you and support you’ but did nothing to buffer, protect or interfere with his Grandparents reaction

·         His maternal Grandparents (Grandmother and Step Grandfather) aging never was has been hippies were blasé but offered no support other than meaningless statements

·         His paternal Grandparents (my parents) were appalled and started looking for things in his past that made him ‘turn gay’ never mind that since the 1970’s most medical associations including the American Psychological Association have said it’s not a ‘choice’, one is born that way, so to speak.  They also began vocally letting him know that they were praying for him and petitioning prayers from their circle at church for him and to save him from being gay and going to hell

·         They even offered/suggested etc…to get him counseling (i.e. deprogramming)

·         His older brother (the druggie who is ruining his life willing) won’t speak to him

·         His twin sister (the spoiled princess) ignored it but since she has gone away to school (they live on 40 acres outside of a 3 road town, I’m not kidding, where the population of the local high school was less than 100), has started to change her tune.  At homecoming weekend she asked him to come up and see her.  She told her parents that he was her brother and it was as simple as that…I AM SO PROUD OF HER

·         We (Teh Rock, my cousins and I) took him in and got him a school where we knew (from research) that gaybashing would not be allowed

·         Teh Rock’s Grandmother (widowed and Bi, now living with her partner) are his home while he is away at school

·         He sent me all his grades last night thus far, and….

·         Except for Biology…he is making straight A’s

·         He has also found through an organization on campus and the aforementioned Grandmother a church that is truly Christian if non –denominational.  They don’t profess to know the answers but preach that as human beings it is our responsibility to look not only at the text of the bible but the actual intent (taking into account the time it was written in, and the historical audience it was written for and that many books were left out by choice of those that convened to determine what would be published and propagandized and what would not).  In other words; if Christ preached, love and compassion, what would he do today, not 2000 years ago.  Or more to the point use the brain God gave you and read the bible and the history surrounding both those times and how the bible came to be published and reflect, think, pray for yourself.  Don't let others do your thinking for you, as easier as that path might be.

·         Through that group he has found a few people who are on their way to being friends who accept him, completelty.

So, today is a good day and as if to compound the goodness

·         It is 58 outside and the AC is off and the windows open as along with being cool, it is for once NOT humid

·         We have had a lazy morning of gabbing and eating oven French toast

·         I have short ribs going to serve with polenta and a chard salad

·         Oh and I am RPing,, Dom Nev/Sub Zach with a friend online