Easter, what does that mean to us as gay latino men? Any connections between the first we learned about God and the first time we felt rejection and/or the needing to be loved/accepted?
Maybe we should take a look to see the significance of those two times in our lives...How does it all tie in?
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I'd like to express my thoughts on this topic even though I was unable to attend the meeting this week.
My belief in God was always tied to a particular religious doctrine, and so for a long time, a lot of the rejection I felt as a gay Latino man was self-imposed, based on what I had learned and had been taught to be God's will and definition of love and acceptance. I struggled to accept myself as a gay man because I couldn't reconcile this identity with the religious views I grew up with and believed in my whole life.
It wasn't until I reached "rock bottom," in terms of my spiritual confusion and hopelessness, that I was able to reconnect to what I now believe to be my spiritual core, which is not defined by any religious dogma. Ironically (or maybe not), it was at this point that I was able to truly feel a personal connection with God, knowing that I am loved as I am, and not as someone else thinks I should be. Once this happened, coming out to my parents, family, friends, and everyone else was much easier, because I felt at peace with God and with myself.
I have found that in being my true self (or atleast trying to be), I am more susecptible to God and to spiritual awareness in everyday things, and since this "coming out" to God, I am happier than I've ever been. This makes me feel grateful, and closer to God in a very personal way.
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