Ronaiah Tuiasosopo: "I'm a Recovering Homosexual"

BLAZINGGIANTS · Feb 1, 2013

Recovering homo?

Yes. And I'm a recovering alcoholic.

Recovering while I'm at work. Then hitting the bottle by night.

Not to be insensitive about it. But this situation is downright crazy. It's cool to just be who you are, kid.

KingSpeed · Feb 1, 2013

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Funny coincidence. Well, not really funny. I'm older than most here and when I was in hs there was no Gay Straight Alliance, no one was out, hell, no one was gay, theoretically. Even those who knew all their lives they were "different" did not know what name to put on it. I had a friend, a boy a couple of years older, we were really close. After he left school we lost touch but then I ran into him by chance days before splitting for the more compatible environs of UC Berkeley. He had joined a "Christian" group whose main, though never publicly stated, aim was what we now call "pray away the gay". That was some 40 years ago and from time to time I wondered what became of him, was he some bitter repressed so called "Christian right" (NO, I know not all Christians are like that, don't jump on me) who talked about how awful gays were while having fleeting meetings in airport restrooms, too repressed for an open relationship? Was he dead? Two days ago, by chance, I found out he is music producer at a gay record label in San Francisco, also known for their elaborate album art. (He was a very talented artist and loved rock music.) So maybe the god to whom he was praying thought it was cool for him to be gay after all. On a really crappy day, I was smiling all afternoon knowing my dear long gone friend was alive, well, out and doing something he probably enjoyed. I hope he was not tormented or traumatized too badly trying to "pray away the gay", but he's come through all right. And that makes me happy.

Do you know what it's like to wonder about the fate of someone for 40 years - and then find out he's good? [Here's to you my dear long ago friend. Now you're in San Francisco, wear flowers in your hair for me ... if you still have hair.]

BTW no one had ever heard of gaydar but on the rare occasions I hear about someone I hung out with in hs, guess what, the men are invariably gay and about half the women. We had never heard of gaydar but clearly we all had it.

(I know this is OT to the OT, but I had to tell. And no, you don't pray away the gay. Accept it, celebrate it, do what you love, find someone to love, and be happy.)
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Thanks for sharing.

EL PRESIDENTE · Feb 1, 2013

Now this Roniah is blaming it all on being molested by anonymous "family friend". This thing is so full of shit.

Also there was like a 1 in 10 million chance that the girl on the recorder was actually him, at least through voice analysis. hah.

drexlersdad · Feb 1, 2013

hes prolly covering for the chick that did the voice

EL PRESIDENTE · Feb 1, 2013

these shifty 'nesians man. :MARIS61:

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