Reply #123: Lucky, thank you for sharing your story

[davidpdx]

I am glad you and your family are at peace with each other and they have accepted you for who you are.

This is a story I've never shared on DU before. Personally, I had a gay uncle (my mother's brother) and he died of AIDS about 11 years ago. I never knew him that well and only remember seeing him twice in my life (once when I was a teen and the first time I don't remember, but I have pictures of him at a holiday gathering when I was younger). Unfortunately, he and my mom were never close and I don't know why (to be fair about it, my mom wasn't close with her other siblings as well).

People are quick to judge, even those of us who are straight. That is a mistake that we all make in life.