I believe that I’ve written about this before. I grew up knowing that I am a homosexual even before I knew what the word meant. Coming from a brood of 10 children, it was more likely for a family of that size to have at least one homosexual person… and that person is me.

When I started feeling this way, I remember looking up the word homosexual from those huge Encyclopaedia Britannica books (if you remember them, it kinda ages us a bit. LOL). I tried to understand why people fall in love (or lust) after the same sex. I was confused.

I carried that confusion all the way through college. It was something that I couldn’t grasp. My uber-religious backgroud based on Christianity even made me feel worse. It was supposed to be a sin and something that I shouldn’t be feeling. But I did.

That would take me years before I meet someone who explained it to me in real terms. In religious terms. I cannot find that person anymore, but he was the most beautiful creature to me. He was able to make me see that God loves me for who I am. And through him, God manifested Himself to make me understand that I am God’s project.

Take a look at this video and tell me what you think.

The world is changing as I write this. There are more people accepting of homosexuals, and more and more people are coming out. Most of the youth today get the courage to come out of the closet younger because they see that homosexuals are regular people. If you watch any of the TV shows today, you would see at least one homosexual character. And rightfully so! We are part of humanity.

My friends who are straight, and who are very accepting of homosexuality are not threatened by us. They support us and they love us in the same level as they love their straight friends. I don’t feel that I will go straight to hell anymore simply because I’m gay. If I am a promiscuous gay person, I still may go to hell. If I am a gay person who murders anyone – yes, I still believe that heaven won’t be the place for me. But that’s just it. Being gay alone is not enough reason for me to think that God will condemn me with eternal damnation.

Happy Saturday!