To Get Things Out Off My Mind

“If you let your kids wear these kind of clothes they’ll turn into gay.” “Nobody was born gay.” “Being gay is a psychological thing.” “God has created men to be with women.” “He is just a kid he doesn’t know what is right and what’s wrong.” “He should act like a man, he was born as a man, he should be a man.” Yep, I heard these lines today. Was I watching TV? Was I on the street? No, I was at my home. My sister and a cousin of mine said that. I was really shocked. I’m not an out gay, but if people look at me they can see that I am not straight. They just pretend not to see it. Well, the words hurt me so bad. They were talking about being gay as if it was some kind of sickness, some king of thing you can acquire. Where was I? My throat was full of words to say, b...