Jan 31st, 2008
My amazing gay moms
High school senior Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg wrote a column about waiting for the chance to testify in Florida to address the law that bans gay people from adopting.
“My amazing gay moms made me a good person”
By Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Express Gay News (Florida)
Unfortunately, she didn’t have the opportunity to speak:
I had my story all ready, annotated and everything. But I never got a chance to tell it. I never got a chance to tell those people with the stoic faces, just how amazing my gay moms are; that I am a good person — not despite the fact that my parents are gay but because my parents are gay. Growing up in a family that is a little different from normal has allowed me to be so much more tolerant and open minded. I wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.
Jessica, if you want to share your statement with my readers, contact me and I will be happy to post it here.
My family is also a little less than normal, but that doesen’t mean I don’t love my family.My mother is a strong, caring, funny, wonderful person and she is also gay. Most people don’t know. She recently came out and is in the middle of a divorce with my dad. But most of the time I just wish that everyone knew. Liking someone of the opposite gender doesn’t make you a good person and liking those of the same person doesn’t make you evil and doomed to burn in hell (and vise versa). What I am trying to say is your sexuality doesn’t define what kind of a person you are. The only thing that you can learn from someone’s sexuality is what type of a person has the ability to make them happy. I feel anger and sympathy towards those who write people off just because of their sexuality. They could be missing out on some really great and surprisingly understanding people. Their ignorance overrides their common sense and if someone that narrow minded believes that they have the right to judge people based off of something so personal like our sexuality, then they are the ones who truly deserve our sympathy (pity)
Yay Jessica! I feel the change coming too. Just have to push a little further.
Shana - your family is “less than normal”? as if being normal is all that fun. After you guys find your feet after the divorce you will most definitely be much more than normal.
I think being gay definitely has a huge impact on the way someone develops. We shouldn’t forget this in the spirit of PCness. I found that finally coming out (even if gradually and partially) gave me such power over my own life, I can hardly imagine who I would have been had I stayed closeted, or not have been closeted at all.
My sexuality defines me - without a doubt.
Here we grow!