guys I'm losing my mind i was talking to my sister about what we should do for my dad's birthday (who passed away last year) and i said jokingly "hey wouldn't it be funny if every year we just +
there's something so endearing about my dad who was the most emotionally constipated person I've even known making an effort and watching that movie with me for YEARS just to ... ? make me feel like .... it was okay ?? if i was gay ???? i just can't think of any other reason
i don't usually post personal stuff but for some reason i really wanted to share this with you. i just can't stop thinking about him trying so hard in his own particular way to make it easier for me bc he knew, even before i was ready to come out he just knew
IT TURNS OUT THAT MY DAD HAD NEVER MENTIONED THAT MOVIE TO MY SISTER?? and it's so strange to me bc i remember my dad and i watched that movie a lot ?? but then it just hit me,,,,,,,, my dad knew i was a lesbian years before i came out
watched brokeback mountain on his birthday??" and I expected my sister to laugh bc i thought it was just COMMON KNOWLEDGE that my dad really liked that movie (he took every opportunity to talk about it after all) but my sister was like "uh... why?"
so apparently it is completely okay to post this type of comment on wlw art of gender nonconforming characters? i thought that as a society we were past criticizing masculine women and questioning their gender, but here we are