Would you want your child to be gay or a lesbian?
The other day my husband saw an advertisement in newspaper of an electrical shop called 'Gay Electrical'. He showed it to me and said what kind of shop would want to name itself like this!. i argued that the term 'gay' has another meaning too i.e. very happy and carefree but still i couldn's relate it with an electrical shop so we just had a laugh and let it go. But what lingered in my mind is that this term is something that always has raised eyebrows?

Unlike members of other minority groups these individuals are not raised in a community of similar others from whom they learn about their identity and who reinforce and support that identity. Rather, these individuals are often raised in communities that are either ignorant of or openly hostile toward homosexuality. They face bashing and hate speeches all the time and the only good behavior they have is sympathy. Why cant people give them same respect that they give to any other person? Why cant people treat them as any other person? What difference does it make to you what a person’s sexual preference is till you don’t want to sleep with him? I feel bad for them, actually sorry for them that they are born in a time when other ‘normal’ people don’t have enough sensibility to accept anything different than the majority.

People should be taught the importance of living authentically- accepting one’s homosexuality and embracing a positive gay identity. Our world would be a more convenient place to live.

Anyways, my question is still the same- Would you want your child to be a gay or a lesbian? Think about it. Or even better, think about the situation if he is. Maybe this will make you behave better.