I attended Boston Pride today. This was my second Pride since coming out. While it’s always great to march and hear the positive cheers of the accepting crowd, I got a little emotional as I had a cathartic epiphany near the end of the parade route. I realized that 2 years after coming out, the hard stuff is behind me. I’ve come out, divorced, and shed my shame and internalized homophobia. I’m living authentically as a single, proud, gay man. For those of you who may be new and uncertain, have faith, for there is authentic happiness on the other side of the rainbow ride:
Very nice siennafire proud of you and while I still have a long road of uncertainty I deal with it is nice to hear of successful evolution from a hetero married man to the gay man you are , I have not gotten there just Yet
Congrats! I hope it was fun and inspiring. FYI, how do you guys like the new EC look? Does anyone know what happened to our public walls? I can't respond to old messages from people on my wall because there are no walls! LOL! What to do?
Hey Rana, There might be some instructions one day but for now here's what I've found: Click your name at the top right and then on your name again - this is YOUR WALL Click on the name of your "follower" and then again on their name - this is THEIR WALL and where you write to them. You can also click on Show Conversation and write in there... I think. ;] Also, I just found the Preview Post. It's under More Options at the bottom here.
They've put the walls back online now. You can write to your friends like you could previously. I'm confused why the're now called followers though, not friends. :S
My way of celebrating Pride this year is the same as its been since I got "married". I sit here watching Pride Parade footage on Youtube and listening to techno music lol. Yeah....its getting old. I wanna have some real fun.
Thanks for the instructions guys. I think I finally got it. I was just looking for the word, "wall," and wondered why I can't see it. LOL. It was in front of my face the whole time, just not as a "wall."
Good for you! That's a lot to go through! I'll be attending pride next week here. I am not as far along as you, but I am so glad the days of 'questioning' and doubt are over.Looking back of course it wasn't 'questing' it was denial.
Congratulations! Last year (and all the years before that) I couldn't even bring myself to attend our local Pride parade and festival as I didn't want anyone to even think that I was gay. Now that I've come out, divorced, and found a boyfriend I'm going to have a commercial booth at our Pride festival on July 9. What a year it's been (actually only 10 months)!