A Somewhat Shocking Revelation.
I really should be sleeping. Why am I not letting myself sleep??? >.<
Had a good chat with my cousin over Skype a while ago for more than 2 hours. =P
Among the things I found out from her was the fact that one of our close relatives is actually gay (“gay” actually sounds a little derogatory to me, but I can’t for the life of me find a better sounding word >.<).
Wow.
I thought I heard her wrong when she mentioned “…his boyfriend…”.
I only realized the stark reality when she said that grandmother asked her dad to persuade the relative to not to continue with the relationship anymore.
I had never in my life pondered about knowing anyone who’s homosexual, or even being near anyone who is. Much less a close relative. It just didn’t cross my mind before.
Well, I don’t really have anything against gays or lesbians, although I must say that it is indeed against my religion. In this part of the world, no, in my world, they only existed in news and articles before. All of a sudden, boom… Reality never fails to surprise.
I wasn’t actually too shocked, frankly speaking. I think it’s largely due to the fact that I’ve only met him once in my whole life so far, thus the connection’s practically not there at all. And given the fact that he’s been living in a modern and developed city for so long where people are more open-minded, I guess that it’s just as well that he accepted himself as he is without that much scrutiny from the people around him, compared to the people in this part of the world who are still pretty much conservative in some ways.
Had he been here all this while, I wouldn’t even want to imagine the kind of socially and personally inflicted stress that he would have to endure, especially if he’s not strong enough…
I’m glad that grandmother didn’t disown him or anything, though I do wonder how did she feel when she first knew…
Being who I am and what I believe in, however, there’s a tiny hope in me that wished he was heterosexual though, that he’d had found in himself that he’s not gay after all. That’s one for wishful thinking, but still, there’s no harm to hope. 
Perhaps I’ll pay them a visit someday. 