I'm on the bible belt and it is hard. I only went to school a little over ten years ago and I look at all the changes that have happened in those ten years and it amazes me. When I went to school, three boys beat a gay kid to death, just because he was gay. I was horrified.
A friend of mine and me held hands walking to class and hugged each other in the hall one day, purely as friends, because she was going through something and needed support, and the next day the school was talking about us being a couple. Actually, we ended going with it, because we were so pissed that not only would they make that assumption, but that it was taken so negatively. We weren't popular to begin with and no one we were willing to be friends with was going to stop talking to us because of this, but it hurt a little.
Now I talk to kids in high school who are either openly gay or open about the possibility and everyone knows and it's okay. it's amazing and I hope and pray that the trend continues and grows.
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Date: 2011-02-04 12:48 am (UTC)A friend of mine and me held hands walking to class and hugged each other in the hall one day, purely as friends, because she was going through something and needed support, and the next day the school was talking about us being a couple. Actually, we ended going with it, because we were so pissed that not only would they make that assumption, but that it was taken so negatively. We weren't popular to begin with and no one we were willing to be friends with was going to stop talking to us because of this, but it hurt a little.
Now I talk to kids in high school who are either openly gay or open about the possibility and everyone knows and it's okay. it's amazing and I hope and pray that the trend continues and grows.