His hand lay across my stomach as he slept soundly. I entwined my fingers with his and breathed through the warmth that seeped through my chest. Such a simple, sweet thing to do, yet holding hands in bed was incredibly intimate.
I wasn__ raised in a household where it was considered abnormal to be gay. So for me to meet people who use the word 'faggot' as an insult, with a derogatory meaning, I can__ take it. I don__ understand it. It__ so foreign to me. I was raised in a household where being gay was like, the most normal thing. You know, my brother is gay, all of my best friends are gay. When my brother came out of the closet, it wasn__ a big deal for my family. Even my grandpa, who is like, super old-school, was like, Good for you! It__ outrageous to me when I see people hate on someone because of their sexuality. I hate the intolerance. I hate the judgment. I hate it so much. Most of my favorite people in my life are gay. It__ something I__ super passionate about, because whenever I would see my friends get bullied, or my brother get hurt for his sexuality, I would become a raging lunatic. I would literally become a raging lunatic because I just can__ take it. When you see someone you love hurting, for such a superficial, bullshit reason, it__ like, how small and spiritually unenlightened and dumb as fuck can a person be? How much further can your head get up your ass that you__e actually judging someone as a person based on their sexuality before you even have a conversation with them?
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I wasn__ raised in a household where it was considered abnormal to be gay. So for me to meet people who use the word 'faggot' as an insult, with a derogatory meaning, I can__ take it. I don__ understand it. It__ so foreign to me. I was raised in a household where being gay was like, the most normal thing. You know, my brother is gay, all of my best friends are gay. When my brother came out of the closet, it wasn__ a big deal for my family. Even my grandpa, who is like, super old-school, was like, Good for you! It__ outrageous to me when I see people hate on someone because of their sexuality. I hate the intolerance. I hate the judgment. I hate it so much. Most of my favorite people in my life are gay. It__ something I__ super passionate about, because whenever I would see my friends get bullied, or my brother get hurt for his sexuality, I would become a raging lunatic. I would literally become a raging lunatic because I just can__ take it. When you see someone you love hurting, for such a superficial, bullshit reason, it__ like, how small and spiritually unenlightened and dumb as fuck can a person be? How much further can your head get up your ass that you__e actually judging someone as a person based on their sexuality before you even have a conversation with them?
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