tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072882870635795625.post76397300592234416..comments2023-04-13T11:35:34.747-04:00Comments on gay f(e)ather: FREE FALLINGbryn marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12956944005519769506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072882870635795625.post-57608052891327009672014-11-21T12:47:22.181-05:002014-11-21T12:47:22.181-05:00So glad to hear you have friends and colleagues wh...So glad to hear you have friends and colleagues who identify as gay and experience you as a warm and accepting person. Thanks for taking the time to comment here. I believe that personal relationships, more than anything else, change people's stereotypes of LGBT people and promote inclusion and acceptance of those branded "other." Interactions on a face-to-face basis demonstrate that all of us share more in common than we know.<br /><br />Will my family members become more accepting? I don't know.There is a cost to authenticity—one I've paid (in large part) in lost relationships. But there's a cost to inauthentic living, too. It's much more satisfying/fulfilling/life-giving for me to experience the world as who I am rather than trying to live into others' expectations and rules for who and how I should act.<br /><br />Thank you for your kind wishes. Thank you for bearing witness to my struggle and to being a voice for acceptance.bryn marlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956944005519769506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072882870635795625.post-44854372666487428082014-11-21T12:43:07.721-05:002014-11-21T12:43:07.721-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.bryn marlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956944005519769506noreply@blogger.com