I have repeatedly read Christians say that homosexuality is unnatural.
But homosexuality is the only natural sexuality for me. Attempts in my youth to try heterosexuality were entirely awful. It felt like forcing myself to eat slugs.
After coming out, I spent almost 12 years with the man of my dreams until he died of cancer. We were monogamous, HIV negative, and deeply in love in a way that to us felt entirely natural. We vacationed together, spent holidays with our families, developed friendships with our neighbors, and in the end, his funeral was attended by almost 100 people from around the east coast, his friends and mine. Fewer than 5 of them were openly gay.
What about this appears unnatural? Hasn't science shown that sexuality has a broad expression across the animal (and human) kingdom?
What possible benefit accrues to straight people when they encourage gay men like me reject the only capacity we have for companionable love?
2006-12-31
10:41:17
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