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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 10:26 AM Jul 2021

Granny lost her appetite when she saw a gay couple on TV. A 9-year-old girl had the best response.

rom a supportive nine-year-old girl lifted their spirits again. Dits Preece and his partner Allen of Alderney, U.K. appeared on the ITV Channel as it covered Pride Month. The men held hands, which was enough to anger one viewer.

A grandmother who saw them on TV wrote a letter saying that they disgusted her and her family so much that they lost their appetite. She said that the men’s appearance on TV “put me and my husband and grandson off our tea. A couple is a man and a woman, it always will be. You look like a joke (the 2 of you),” she concluded. “Try being in the circus.”

Preece posted the letter to Facebook, where he called it “pathetic.” That led to an outpouring of support in the comments and a handwritten letter from a nine-year-old girl. “After reading your letter, I was in absolute shock! How could someone be so rude?” the girl, whose name is not being used in the media, wrote. Her letter was posted to Facebook by the local organization No Outsiders.

She said that the grandmother should “think about your feelings” and stressed that Preece and his partner should “feel proud to be gay and go on television to speak about LGBTQ+. Ignore what the negative people say about your relationship because they are wrong! They should say positive things about you two because you are amazing!” She drew a rainbow and then remembered to point out that “couple means two, not opposite genders.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/07/granny-lost-appetite-saw-gay-couple-tv-9-year-old-girl-best-response/

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Granny lost her appetite when she saw a gay couple on TV. A 9-year-old girl had the best response. (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 OP
..and yet granny continue to watch that which she claimed made her sick to her stomach.... samnsara Jul 2021 #1
Smart young lady.💕 sheshe2 Jul 2021 #2
My favorite Brit experience was at the Millennial Dome. There was a section of photos of people, 3Hotdogs Jul 2021 #3
something tells me granny takes two lumps of hate in her tea..... getagrip_already Jul 2021 #4
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #5
good for them and they are cute . AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #6

3Hotdogs

(13,425 posts)
3. My favorite Brit experience was at the Millennial Dome. There was a section of photos of people,
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 10:48 AM
Jul 2021

something ike, "Brits who make us proud. Included was a photo of Quentin Crisp. "The Naked Civil Servant."


I met him once on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He wore a purple feather boa and had purple streaks in his hear. "I have to tone down the colors because I have to look more dignified as appropriate for my age."

getagrip_already

(17,451 posts)
4. something tells me granny takes two lumps of hate in her tea.....
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 11:12 AM
Jul 2021

And probably hasn't missed a meal in decades.

That granny should try arsenic.

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