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Wanna remind y’all that Bea Arthur actually opened a homeless shelter for LGBT+ youth in NYC
Wow this moment.
When my father came out to me as gay, I was eight, but I understood, roughly, because I had seen THIS ONE EPISODE of The Golden Girls.
I think I actually said “Oh, like on the Golden Girls.” Which was not what he was expecting. But this show made it super simple for me to understand that:
- Being gay was intrinsic
- People were discriminated against for being gay
- People shouldn’t be discriminated against for being gay
And that, under the circumstances, was all that I really needed to understand that his coming out was a big deal, important and scary for him, but also something to respect and support, even if it meant changing our family.
So yay for sharing this iconic moment during pride.
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