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Yesterday there has been the gay pride parade in a city close to where I live. I wanted to go, together with my boyfriend, as supporters (gay pride parades have a way of filling me with cheerfulness), but I couldn't because of job issues.
Now, I was talking to the phone to a friend earlier today, and in between other chit-chats, I happened to mention this to her (somehow, being both straight females, we managed to never talk about the issue till now).
I was first met with shocked silence. Then, the first comment I heard was "why would you want to go there?!" (said in a tone between horror and disgust) and then a rant of the most trite homophobic trash I've ever heard.
I honestly didn't know what to say at the beginning - me and this friend have kind of lost close contact recently, but we were for a time very close, and I would never have suspected she felt that way. I got angry (I have a bit of a temper when it comes to these issues) and we both ended up shouting, till I slammed down the receiver. I'm still fuming, and I'm angry to have misjudged a person so badly. I don't know if I'm going to call her again - if I do, I'm not sure if I could reason with her - I can not remain friends with a person who feels like this.