Wow this moment.

When my father came out to me as gay, I was eight, but I understood, roughly, because I had seen THIS ONE EPISODE of The Golden Girls.

I think I actually said “Oh, like on the Golden Girls.” Which was not what he was expecting. But this show made it super simple for me to understand that:



Being gay was intrinsic



People were discriminated against for being gay



People shouldn’t be discriminated against for being gay



And that, under the circumstances, was all that I really needed to understand that his coming out was a big deal, important and scary for him, but also something to respect and support, even if it meant changing our family.

So yay for sharing this iconic moment during pride.