Dear
Readers,
If
you are a Heterosexual Male or Female and live say- in Orillia, you live each
day in a “straight” world where you know who you are and what you can do- and
to whom.
Legally
of course.
You
can do things that “straight” people expect you to do since you are a heterosexual.
Simple
stuff like:Hold hands in public.
Kiss in public.
Throw your arms around your heterosexual partner no matter where you may be and
call him or her “Hunnie”.
You
see, you can do these things because you live a “straight” life 24 hours a day,
365 days a year. Year after year. Decade after decade.
Now
Dear Readers take the case of my husband Tom and me.
We
also live in your “straight” world here in Orillia, 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year etc. Yet
here in the Sunshine City, we can’t hold hands while we walk down Mississaga
Street. We
can’t kiss, show affection or walk with our arms around each other.
Well,
lawfully we could.
I
know that. We wouldn’t be breaking any laws.
It’s
just that we would set ourselves up for public ridicule.
Some
people- assholes mostly, would shout “faggot” from car windows as we walked along
the street.
People
would stare.
Smirk.
Giggle.
Maybe-
laugh.
Do
a “double-take”.
Perhaps
some religious types with the Bible shoved up their most reverend asses would
shake their heads in disgust. They might turn around and look back at us hoping
we could see the “straight” life.
Not
in a fucking month of Sundays!
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| Premier Wynne and Tom before the Pride March |
So,
Dear Readers, for 8 hours on Sunday June 30th my Husband and I went
to Pride in Toronto. We
had lunch and then we walked in the Pride Parade in the Liberal contingent lead
by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, her wife Jane and Justin Trudeau- yes that
Trudeau, leader of the federal Liberals.
We
have pictures and memories of passing some time with both of them before we
marched along Bloor and Yonge Streets.
There
was never a Conservative in sight- including Rob Ford (not that we care) except
for one man on the sidelines who yelled “Down with Liberals”- or something like
that.
We
cherish the 8 hours we get to “live” in a Gay World before the balloon bursts
and we head home to live our Gay/Straight lives once more.
