[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

A coworker of mine recently came out. At the end of the day she said she was taking off for the weekend, and had a bag packed. I asked where she was going, because, she had a bag packed.

Her reply was that she packed the bag in case her dad threw her out of the house for being gay.

I laughed, then realized she was serious, and then apologized.

Despite being one of the oldest people in my workplace, I just couldn't fathom a parent kicking a child out of the house because they were LGBTQ. I mean it's not 1950, it's 2015. Do these people still exist?

For the record her dad didn't freak out, and she was more than welcome back to her house.

While I'm not a father, some day when, hopefully, I am, and I get the question "what if your son/daughter is gay" I fully intend on responding, "in all honesty, I really don't care if my son/daughter is straight or gay, as long as they're happy, love who they're with, and don't bring home a (insert random race here)."

Sadly, yes...and in pretty significant quantities.