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In reply to the discussion: Did you hate, fear or dislike gay people at one time? [View all]gwheezie
(3,580 posts)79. Never had any negative thoughts about gay folks
Although my gay friends did change my parents minds. Which turned to be a good thing since one grandchild is gay, at least that we know of. We were talking about him one day and dad said I've thought he was gay since he was a little boy. My parents love him unconditionally. But I think me having so many gay friends helped them get over any stereotypes they held.
I consciously raised my daughter to know people of all kinds of backgrounds, so literally from birth she has strong adult gay folks in her life. In fact she married a great guy and credits our friend Jack as an example of what a good man is, I was a single parent and jack helped raise her.
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nope. knew and loved LGBT relatives and family friends from the time I was a little kid
cali
Jun 2015
#5
Yup. It doesn't make it any better but it wasn't so much hatred, I found the whole idea humorous.
brewens
Jun 2015
#14
They should look at it as less competition for women shouldn't they? WTF is there about that to
brewens
Jun 2015
#33
One thing I've learned when discussing gay issues with gay people. Don't say, "I'm not gay
brewens
Jun 2015
#70
Thanks. It's fun looking back, seeing who bailed when, where they are now and who, how, they are
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#200
You will get a ton of responses from people who were pure as the driven snow from the
Luminous Animal
Jun 2015
#44
Not 'hating, disliking or fearing' gays is not 'pure as the driven snow'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#132
When I was a teen just learning about sexuality in the 1960s I didn't know any gay people
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jun 2015
#67
I dealt with some pretty bad internalized homophobia when I was about 14 or 15.
DemocraticWing
Jun 2015
#84
Once I got to college I realized I could pick and choose my company, and be myself.
DemocraticWing
Jun 2015
#122
No, I never hated, feared or disliked them, but as a teenager it was a major cutdown to call someone
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2015
#86
I bought into the stereotypes as I was growing up and definitely saw them as "other."
Brickbat
Jun 2015
#110
I remember being a bit uncomfortable about the idea when I was in high school
gollygee
Jun 2015
#114
If you don't mind, I'd like to say that your post pretty much sums up my life experiance...
BlueJazz
Jun 2015
#128
No, while young I married a gay man and lived with him and his life partner for almost 10 years
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#129
I knew they were a gay couple. There was a specific legal reason for what we did...
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#138
No not raised that way . Had gay friends of both sexes in HS. My mom was friends with a gay
Person 2713
Jun 2015
#142
I'm kind of slow so I didn't figure out until later that some of my mother's friends were gay
Fumesucker
Jun 2015
#160
I was blessed with a liberal upbringing, so pretty much accept people as they are
Doctor_J
Jun 2015
#163
No. The concept of gay marriage took a little getting-used-to, but not for long. (nt)
Paladin
Jun 2015
#164
No hatred, but I did make a lot of insensitive and bigoted comments when I was younger.
Throd
Jun 2015
#169
No, but then again I wasn’t honestly aware of people being attracted to their own sex...
dorkzilla
Jun 2015
#178
I unknowingly married a man who was gay but was trying to 'do the right thing'.
Avalux
Jun 2015
#179
Of course I did. I grew up in rural PA and I was a dumbass who believed what others told me
LynneSin
Jun 2015
#180
Honestly, no, but they were invisible to me for much of my childhood....
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#184
No, never hate, fear or dislike ... but I did NOT pay enough attention ....
etherealtruth
Jun 2015
#190
I don't think I ever had any of those feelings. But then I was raised by parents who did not waste
jwirr
Jun 2015
#192
I do not remember being aware of differences as a child, my folks were very accepting of all people
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#199
In high school, I would use the term "gay" to describe things that were not to
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#201
As a kid in the 70s, I didn't know what "gay" meant until I was about ten.
Arugula Latte
Jun 2015
#207