Because The Sun Rises Every Day
I found in the archives of this site a wonderful (and unique!) post written in Portuguese by a Brazilian gay aged 16 (!) ... as I understand some Spanish and I am Italian, I was able to comprehend nearly everything in that text ...
There were some words that hit me in a very special way and I wanna quote theme here ( I had to delete some Brasilian graphic signs to avoid strange symbols :P)
"Tenho um excelente pai. Sempre foi uma figura marcante e muito masculina. Tenho uma excelente mae. Tive herois masculinos na infancia, joguei futebol, namorei meninas, tive modelos em abundancia. Porem, sou gay. Nao sou gay por uma ausencia, por um hiato, pela lacuna. Sou gay pelo mesmo motivo que o sol nasce todo dia - por algo natural e que eu, na verdade (e ninguem) nao sei explicar. Sei apenas que sou gay, que amo homens (um em particular e todos como conceito...) , que me sinto MUITO bem sendo gay"
I translate to English:
"I've got a wonderful dad, he's always been a very strong and masculine man. I've got a wonderful mom. I've had male heroes in my childhood, I played football, I courted some girls, I had a lot of models. Still I am gay: I am not gay because of an absence or because of something missing. I am gay for the same reason for which the sun rises every day, for something natural and that I can't really explain (no one can!) I hardly know I am gay, I love men (one in particular and all of them referring the concept) and I am aware I feel VERY good as a gay"
The author's name is Angelo.
Hope I haven't made too many mistakes cause I can't speak English perfectly, nevertheless Portuguese... *laughs*
However these words are suitable to introduce the matter of being gay: and I ask myself how come people don't get to realize what a 16 yrs old guy has perfectly caught.
We are gay for the same reason according to which the most of mankind is straight... we are a minority but that doesn't mean anything at all!
Of course I will deepen this topic: now it's time to go to bed, it's one o'clock AM!

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