This week I experience a sexual orientation micro aggression. I was in church an a homosexual guy was in service. The row that he was on nobody would sit on that row because in their eyes he is different and people do not want to deal with things that are different. I feel they did not want to sit by him because his hair was long, mascara on his eyelashes, nails was long and manicured, and pants rolled up at bottom to sit on top of his shoes. I could scene that he was feeling uncomfortable because nobody would sit on his row. I got my purse and I moved from the row I was on and sat next to him. I spoke to him and told him my name. He smiled and told me his name. I knew that I made he feel comfortable to be at church. After church, he thanked me for coming to sit by him and I gave him a hug. He said he will be back next Sunday. I am glad that I did what I did because now he will feel more comfortable coming to our church.
My experience taught me that we need to change our way of thinking. We should treat all people the same way. We need to think really hard before we do or say something to people. Just because someone is different we should
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Chastity,
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting experience, thank you for sharing. From how you were describing man sitting in church I would say on the outside he looked different and I’m guessing from your welcoming gesture you acknowledge that this man is indeed a “man/ a person” who on the inside has a heart and feelings. I believe he was there for a purpose, who knows maybe he is looking for comfort or deciding to make changes in his life. I commend you for making him feel welcome in a place where he might of felt “out of place”. Good post!