Last night I had a very unpleasant dinner with my relatives. I’m ‘home’ from out of town … a 50 yo gay man, partnered for nearly 20 years, home to help find my mother an assisted living facility. she has dementia. i have sisters who live here, but they don’t really seem capable of understanding what needs to be done.
At dinner, my sister’s husband launched into a racist, bigoted line of conversation. i can’t stand it, and i asked that we not have that conversation … they all know how i feel, and yet they persisted. No one came to my defense or stood with me. i’m […]