Kind of important.

[phrasemuffin]

I just came out to the 'rents.

I also told them I'm not really Christian.

ANDTHEYDIDN'TKICKMEOUTWAHOO! :P

But seriously, I told them (both things) and they're cool with it. I'm glad they cancelled lunch with the grandfather and his wife tomorrow, though, 'cause if anyone's gonna have problems with me, it's that side of the family. Oh well, haven't ever really liked them all that much anyway. Except Aunty Julie. She's awesome. So much love.

Anyway, they know. And I'm quite happy. And I told them about Peter, and about Oxford Street, and I was told never to ever go in a Gay Mardi Gras Paradey thing (which I wouldn't anyway), and and and yes. My dad looked proud, my mother was flaberghastered, and once again I was called an obscene flirt. Ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but it was said to some degree, nonetheless.

Um... anything else?

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[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

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[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

try that again

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

wahoo! Coming-Out Cake! XD
thanks Miss Amy!! XD

[mcaries.livejournal.com]

AH! *attackhugs* Congratulations! I'm very proud of you :P

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Taylor! XD
*glomps back*

[hydeon.livejournal.com]

TAYLOR PLS DO MY MEME XDDDDDDDDD

[hydeon.livejournal.com]

TUESDAY!

REMEMBER!

[aquat1cf1sh.livejournal.com]

That is awesome, glad to hear they took it well!!

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Till! :D

[citizenerased.livejournal.com]

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!

Well done. How did you go about it?

And what's wrong with Mardi Gras?! *pokes you* Get a little pride why don't ya?

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

It was just before midnight, they were working at the dining table on their laptops, and I brought up the church thing. I didn't go with them Saturday night, and they were rather miffed at that. So I figured I'd explain that bit first. But I'd said there was something else I needed to tell them after, and once we'd finished with the church thing, they asked what it was. I basically just said "I'm gay", and they asked questions. Mum and I did most of the talking, but Dad wasn't silent.

And the Mardi Gras thing just isn't my scene. As bad as my bark is, I have very little bite. And the reason it was said is that my mum doesn't like the all-up-in-your-face-ness of it. But she's the same way about crass heteros, so don't go thinking it's an anti-gay-pride thing. She just sees it as being forced in everyone's faces, and that's the onlypart she objects to. While I don't see it that way, I understand where she's coming from. Does that make any sense?

[citizenerased.livejournal.com]

Ah okay. Sounds kinda similar to my experience actually, just mine took place on New Years Eve and was all very surreal.

It does make sense, but I do find that response very ignorant. I'm not all one for shoving my homosexuality in someone's face either, but it is a part of me, and I'm not going to hide it. Mardi Gras is SO much more than just about rubbing people's face in being gay though (and rubbing other body parts together LOL -- ok I'll shuttup now). Alot of people think it's just a bunch of queers showing off, but it has alot of historical meaning, and it's like any "holiday" on the calender -- we're just celebrating who we are. Being gay now is ALOT easier than it was back in the day. Speaking to any middle-aged homosexual will tell you that.

Do you KNOW why Stonewall (the club) is called that?

I think you have some homework homowork to do.

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

She wasn't saying she wants me to hide it, just that she doesn't want me to be a raging queer thrusting my sexuality in everyone's face. And while it may be about celebrating your identity, it's also about a lot of horny gays getting off on each other. And that's all the majority of the public sees, gay or straight or something else. We live up to the stereotypes at parades like that, which is why so many people are afraid of gays being around kids and in the army - we tell them all their worst fears about our "uncontrollable sex-drives" are true, and that there's nothing you can do to keep our pants on. Some people just see gay men as whores and nothing else, with no reguard for the person behind the sexuality. Talk to any middle-aged homosexual, and I think you'll find that's a big part of why it was so hard for them. The stereotype-reinforcing of the parade is a major part of their concern, I think.

But, like I said, that isn't why I'm not into the parade.

I did know, but have forgotten. And I have real homework to do before I get smothered with homowork. :P

[comradechetsky.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that everything went well.

Needs more San Francisco now.

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

Sorry? More what?

[yodallama.livejournal.com]

WOO! Davie that is so exciting! I'm so happy for you!! ^_____^