[luvjustin]

I don’t Really know how to express what I want to say here.. but I just caught up with last night’s highlights and it’s really struck me the level of respect being shown in that house.

I know there are people on here who think there are too many “issues” being discussed and it’s all a little serious. But as a 34 year old gay man it’s just really nice to see LGBT issues discussed with such maturity on a show like Big Brother. As little as ten years ago it would have been perfectly acceptable for headlines about India to include flippant transphobic slurs. Obviously there are still the unenlightened few but you can see people changing.

The conversation. last night about Stephen Gatley, and Andrew just casually using the word CIS like it’s the most normal thing in the world.. it’s just really lovely to see.

I just think unless you’ve grown up in a world that quietly mocks you and who you are. A world where you are so under represented in the media that you just take whatever scraps are thrown at you.. you’ll never understand how brilliant it is that we’ve reached this stage.