I have had a long romp through the non-heterosexual landscape. Have seen a lot of human diversity that my conventional straight friends never get near. It’s a tough subject to write about. How do we deal with, for example, honestly saying you are same-sex attracted and discovering that we have been deliberately hormonally disrupted? A lot of Bible bashers come over as self-righteous bigots, who have never walked in the shoes of others or faced derision for simply wanting ordinary human closeness they are comfortable with. I am having a very hard rethink about how I got to where I am at. Grindr and Manhunt have brought deep problems by putting casual sex everywhere. The urge to define people with labels is dangerous. The LGBTQ ideology is not representative of the population it hijacks. None of the trans folk I know give a hoot about pronouns but do want basic respect and dignity for their individual jouneys and struggles. My data collection was costly. Need to use it wisely.
I have always had gay friends and one of my first loves was a man I dearly loved and tried to convert (nearly successful, but only for a small time) I have always believed that there was absolutely no shame in one's attraction to the same sex. My mother was Irish Roman Catholic and not for one second did she judge my closest friends. What it boils down to is love, and no amount of dogmatic brow beating conveys the message of Christ-simply love one another. You are not broken, dear one. You are coming together.
