A very good friend of mine just came out to his mother. He’s 32 years old. It actually turned out better than he thought it would – she already knew. I find that most mothers know!  He really went through it these past couple of days prior to telling her that he was born gay. That’s right I said it “Born Gay’!”

 I was born this way! There’s no denying it. When I came out of my mother’s womb, I was gay. It’s been that way since the beginning of time. Women have babies and some of  them are born gay and there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Not our parents, not doctors, not ministers and not even presidents. I was just born this way and there is nothing wrong with me.

 It still blows my mind that in 2010 the 21st century, that some people and I won’t name them, because if I did this blog would fill up all of cyber-space. Gay people are not sick, confused, immoral, damaged goods, an abomination, a curse, cursed, doomed to hell or one of my favorites, deserve what they get : AIDS, beaten up, gay bashed – that’s a phrase that those “people-groups” love.

 We were born gay different in the sense that we love people of the same-sex. There are a lot of us born this way. So in a sense we were created-born for each other. Wow, that’s something to think about! And there are a lot of us being born this way every day, all over the world. We are lawyers, doctors, teachers, artist, decorators, professional athletes, actors writers, politicians, policemen and women, firemen and women, mothers, fathers and dare I even say it, even animals!  My point once again, is that we are born this way. We were born into this world just like everyone else but we are gay.  I am gay and I am very happy with who I am because I was born this way and those who come after me will be happy because they will know after today that they were born this way too.

James Pearson