Editor:
My sexuality and gender are mine, not the concern of other people. I am confused why anyone, especially religious people, would think my sexuality is their concern and hate me if I differ from their distorted and twisted paradigms.
I cannot drink milk. It is genetic. Does this make me any less a person? In the same way homosexuality is genetic and does not make someone a lesser person. Our sexuality is how we are made, both genetically and through our family histories, not a choice.
Even though almost every woman who has been around me will not doubt my heterosexuality, I have homosexual feelings. It is part of a healthy sexual continuum.
My sexuality and gender are mine, not the concern of other people.
Richard Gardner
Upper Bern Township
Source: Berkshire mont