\u201cJazmine, I have a confession to make,\u201d says G-Boy.
\nIt\u2019s roughly 2o\u2019clock in the morning in Portland, Oregon. I\u2019ve been trying to go to bed for the last hour and half, and he will not shut-up.
\n\u201cIf this is a ploy to get me to stay up later because you unfortunately can\u2019t seem to fall asleep, it\u2019s not working,\u201d I groggily respond. I\u2019m in a half comatose state.
\n\u201cNo, I\u2019m serious!\u201d he says.
\n\u201cOkay, what?\u201d I ask.
\n\u201cI\u2019m gay,\u201d G-Boy confesses.
\nAnd it\u2019s then he has my attention. I\u2019m intrigued.
\n\u201cReally?\u201d I ask. Then I just start spouting off questions.
\n\u201cHow long have you felt this way?\u201d
\n\u201cHave you came out to your parents yet?
\n\u201cHow many other people have you told?\u201d
\n\u201cDo you have a boyfriend?\u201d
\nHe was hesitant at first, but he answered all of them.
\n\u201cWell I\u2019ve always thought I was bisexual, but then I got to a point last year where I was just like\u2026 No, I don\u2019t like girls,\u201d he explained.
\n\u201cI haven\u2019t told my parents yet, but I want too. I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll be too surprised.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019ve only told four or five people other than you.\u201d
\n\u201cAnd no, I currently do not have a boyfriend\u2026 But that\u2019s an entirely other story in itself.\u201d
\nThen he turned the questions on me.
\n\u201cSo really Jazmine, you had no idea I was gay?\u201d he asked.
\n\u201cTo be quite honest, I guess I didn\u2019t really care either way. It\u2019s not something I generally the first thing I question when I become friends with someone,\u201d I answered.
\nThen we got to talking about how weird it is that people who are bisexual or gay have to have a \u201ccoming out.\u201d Why does there need to be a \u201cspecial event\u201d for people to say whether they\u2019re into males or females. It makes zero sense to me, and after I explained that to him\u2026 It made zero sense to him either why he was making it such a big deal.
\nMy sleep exhaustion started settling in, so obviously I started making jokes.
\n\u201cDoes this man I can start referring to you as \u2018Gay-Boy\u2019 from now on?\u201d I asked.
\n\u201cOnly if it\u2019s between us,\u201d he replied through laughs, \u201cNot everyone knows yet!\u201d
\nWe were laughing for at least another 45minutes until we cried, and the atmosphere changed a little bit.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t think I have ever laughed at myself this much,\u201d G-Boy said after our long laughing fit.
\n\u201cWell I\u2019m glad I could help,\u201d I said.
\nAnd that\u2019s all I could say. It was 4o\u2019clock in the morning at this point, and I was beyond tired. However, I couldn\u2019t help but think how happy I was about how this entire situation unfolded.
\nI got him to laugh at himself for having put so much stock into \u201ccoming out.\u201d It wasn\u2019t that big of a deal. I felt like I had reminded him that all-in-all\u2026 He was still human. And there was nothing wrong with that.
\nThat\u2019s what makes me happiest. Helping others to laugh at themselves for taking things in life too seriously, and discovering themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cJazmine, I have a confession to make,\u201d says G-Boy. It\u2019s roughly 2o\u2019clock in the morning in Portland, Oregon. I\u2019ve been trying to go to bed for the last hour and half, and he will not shut-up. \u201cIf this is a … Continue reading