What Being Disowned By My Family On Christmas Day Taught Me About Love

<p>Ifyou&rsquo;ve read any of my other articles,&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/real-stories/hes-a-good-man-savannah-what-happens-when-a-lesbian-meets-the-perfect-guy-adb5120388de" rel="noopener">my homosexuality</a>&nbsp;won&rsquo;t come as a surprise to you. I make no secret of it &mdash; better yet, I focus a lot of my work around the topic of being gay, in hopes of raising awareness of the hardships faced by many LGBTQ+ people due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.</p> <p>Because, as beautiful and liberating as it is to live authentically and love who you want, we often experience prejudice, violence, exclusion, and derision &mdash; all for having the audacity to exist outside the parameters of the heteronormative spectrum.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s devastating to face hostility and have your humanity invalidated because your sexual orientation places you on the other side of an invisible frontier.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/what-being-disowned-by-my-family-on-christmas-day-taught-me-about-love-b736414bc326"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>