[4 June 2021]
I recognise that I have barely got through life with my sanity intact, and know I could not have made it through without Kerry, my life partner of 31 years - there is SO MUCH I could say here, but it’s for another time, I think... I could not have made it through without INTIMACY, emotional and (just to gross my kids out!) physical. I, by the random nature of birth, am heterosexual and no restrictions have been placed in my way and I have made it through life (just) with the enormous support that INTIMACY gives to help me cope with all the troubles of Life.
LOVE (Compassion) therefore compels me to say this... I will cherish and support anyone from our LGBTQIA+ community in their fellow struggle - for those who need to - to find your life partner. If you have a need for Intimacy too, I would be utterly hypocritical to do anything other than support you in this regard. To deny you what I was not prepared to deny myself, is simply wrong.
I recognise that for many brought up in our society, or others across the world, you have had to deal with so much more than I already. For some it is genuine fear of being discovered, the fear of being rejected by family, for some far greater fears of imprisonment and death. Separately, I cannot fathom the internal trauma some have faced with not feeling at home in their own body and their ongoing struggle with what others perceive as even our most basic signifiers of identity.
What I do know is that my life has been incredibly straightforward, in so many ways, and yet (somehow!) has been and still is such a struggle. I have not walked your journey, but I recognise that it must be so much harder.
So, for what it is worth, I wish to join with you, commune with you and support you in any and every way possible.
Apologies
1. For my poor understanding or terminology in this area. I am trying to educate myself ASAP.
Bear with me! Jonathan x
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