Personal Narrative: Gay Marriage

From a very young age, I knew I had an unexplainable infatuation the same sex, but when you're a child, whom you find attractive isn’t at the forefront of your mind. I remained closeted terrified of how my peers, but more importantly, my family would think of me. Despite my mother and father being kind and accepting towards everyone, I was still raised in a Catholic household; a faith that preaches traditional values of marriage and how a man should act. So in order to better meet the expectations I was given. I suppressed those feelings and with the aid of the hateful rhetoric my Christian school used to describe people like me, I was left with the tumultuous correlation. That me being gay, me being true to myself, the way the big man upstairs made me, would ultimately lead me to an endless and unbearable afterlife. …show more content…
It felt as if I was isolated on an incredibly tiny unwelcoming island. I was anxiety ridden and uncomfortable in my own skin. My once radiantly positive attitude had become dim and introverted. That was until I stumbled upon an organization called GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance). To say the least, I was terrified by the mere thought of attending. But despite my hesitations, I walked in and from that moment on my life was changed. Just like that other people knew I was gay and It wasn't a secret anymore. I was finally free from the suffocating silence, I had been living in for so long. Nothing could express the pride I felt. I had finally found my words. I finally had a voice and I wasn't going to stop