What does a teacher tell a gay child?
What does a gay teacher tell a gay child?
.... I've been through self-harm,
I've had gay friends have parents tell them they should burn in hell.
And I ...
" The only queer people are those who don't love anybody" - Rita Mae Brown
Then they see headlines of lesbian shame.
Being gay is only one facet of my identity, even though I would say it has caused a disproportionate amount of anguish.
Including scars on my breasts, self inflicted, which I never thought could been seen as beautiful. Except someone did.
My mother died of breast cancer and for a long time, I wanted to get a mastectomy, to get rid of the part of the body that had betrayed the organism.
Some part of me still wants that. To die soon, quickly. Killed by a bus or something.
To not be betrayed, by my reflection.
Gestalt - the whole is more than the sum of the parts
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