Ya Shi,
Thank you for your comment and wishes.
Have faith and patience, my friend, things will see light one day :).

Bharath,
I guess what you say is correct at the end of the day. All of us carve out a niche for ourselves. But despite all this, we still try to accommodate as many people as we can in that niche also because we are humans and like to surrounded by the people we care :).

Thank you for your encouragement 🙂

Thank you for your thoughts, Ramki. Above all, thank you for editing and publishing this piece :).
Changing the mindsets is a herculean task especially when they are hell bent on sticking to their views, instead what we can hope for is their understanding with time.

Aravind,
Thank you for reading my post. I will be glad if my post helps anyone or everyone in dealing with their own issues.
I do hope that things will be well soon. As they say, time is the best healer :).

The author says “I realized it is us alone against the world”. I went through the same phase of feeling alone and left out when I was coming out. But now when I look back I cannot believe how wrong I was.

The world is what we create and happiness is totally a human construct. I think the key is to 1) Claim your own territory and give yourself the personal space that you deserve 2) Create a supportive of friends who are either gay or supportive of gay rights, invest in these friendships and build a sense of community .

We are all doing something that previous generations didn’t have the courage to do and we are leaving behind something that makes coming out much easier for the next generation. Time to be proud.

Happy pride 🙂