Some of the issues and experiences we have looked at so far have been very intriguing, and in my opinion a little awkward. I have grown up in a household where I was taught to love everyone no matter what, and that is truly how I live my life. I accept people for who they are and do not think twice about their skin color, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. In my high school there were many males and females were gay, lesbian, or bisexual. I was friends with a couple of them and I did not think that they were any different than I was. However, the one girl I used to talk to kept hitting on me and my friends for weeks and we could not get her to stop. This limited the amount of time I spent with her because it would become very awkward quickly. Although was a bad experience for me, it has not altered my view of gays or lesbians. I believe that they should be allowed to marry who they want to marry if that person truly males them happy, and no one else should care about their business. I do believe in the bible and God but I think that God made the relationship of man and wife because they could produce offspring while relationships of other types could not.
This is where heteronormativity comes into play. Yes, it is "normal" for boys to like girls and for opposite sexes to marry, but I do not think it is a sin if people of the same sex marry. I had a very hard time watching the woman and her children from the church. I honestly wanted to leave after the first couple of words that came out of her mouth. Don't get me wrong, I believe in freedom of speech and I believe that everyone's voice should be heard, but I do not support what she was saying and how she was saying it. Some of the posters she made were extremely vulgar and disrespectful. It was very inappropriate for them to be shouting this at soldiers funerals and barely anyone who drove by agreed with her. I think she and her family took this way too far by doing that. They are keeping everyone safe here in America, no matter if they gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. I thought it was interesting that she thought that people who supported GBLT people were condemed and that they were the ones ruining America, where she and other nasty people were picketing on the outskirts of a funeral with disgusting signs.
Middlesex is a mysterious book so far. It was confusing in the beginning but seems to make sense the further you read. The more I read the more I feel bad for Cal. He/she doesn't really know who they are or who they should be. I feel bad because I would hate to be in his/her position, not knowing what to say or how to act. It is obviuos that from a young age Cal was attracted to girls. At first this was unacceptable in society and her school because girls were not supposed to like other girls. However, as he grows up and starts acting like a man this infatutation in completely acceptable. I agree with Cal when he explains that it is hard to tell people his story. I can't imagine how hard finding someone would be. He/she would have to be someone who doesn't care what way you go and just loves you for you, and in todays society that is not really heard of because of heteronormativity. Girls are brought up or taught, and sometimes even pressured, to be interested in boys and likewise. I am very curious to see where the rest of the book goes from here because I want to know what happens to Cal and he/she matures and what decisions he/she will have to make.