Dear readers! I came back from a long and well-deserved vacation and I'm here again to exchange ideas, information, feelings and desires about our lives.
I came back with renewed hope and much more optimism – since the last time we met here I was really quite unhappy with what I saw, perhaps because of the feeling that grips us at the beginning of the year. But I hope that this is not just a good impression, but that this feeling is truly reciprocated by a world that evolves for the better every day.
Within this evolution, it is logical that we must look at what happens with everything that involves homosexuality, from acceptance to prejudice and, of course, we must not forget that we need to look at what happens internally with each of us, with regard to acceptance of our own sexuality and our own prejudices.
At the beginning of the year, the BBB deserves our attention once again, as it has the active participation of three openly gay people, which leads us to think that we are finally having a little more explicit participation in society, even if we still see it on the streets , on the internet, in the media as a whole, due to this exposure, there were many pejorative comments filled with retrograde concepts.
Just today, reading a news story here on UOL, a woman said that she wouldn't let her 9-year-old daughter watch Big Brother, as she thought that the participation of homosexuals in the program could influence her negatively. This first made me laugh, because it made me think about when people will realize that someone's sexual orientation has nothing to do with influence. In a second moment, I realized the gravity of the comment and a certain feeling of sadness because, for many, the three homosexuals in the program are seen as causing great harm to society.
So, in the midst of this generated ambiguity, there are all of us, with our lives and dreams, and I know that, every time such nonsense is said, there is discouragement and a feeling of non-inclusion. But let's not be discouraged, right? And may cute Angelica demonstrate to this entire audience that her sexual orientation has nothing to do with her character and conduct.
Kisses and until next time!
* Regina Claudia Izabela is a psychologist and psychotherapist. Email: claudia@dykerama.com.
