The Best Case Scenario
March 17, 2009
I’m not embarrassed to say that this middle-aged lesbian American has a rather significant though purely platonic love-crush on Jon Birch, the mastermind, artist, and frequently heretical Brit behind ASBO Jesus.
While Jon’s archive is filled with wonderful pieces on homosexuality and being gay, this most recent one was especially moving because while reality for most continues to fall short of Jon’s three panel sequence, we continue to hope for the day when affirming words and a gentle embrace will be the norm and not the exception. May that day come soon for every GLBTQ young person or adult who continues to linger in the closet because they fear losing relationship with those they most love.
Thank you Jon for reminding us of what should be now and what might be one day in the future if we continue to believe and pray and work for it to come to pass.
Posted in Coming Out, SnapShot Reflections
March 18th, 2009 at 7:27 am
I love this artist’s work! So apropos so often! And I so wish that this would be the case for every one of us!
March 29th, 2009 at 12:47 am
I can tell you in all honesty that those were almost my very words when my son told me he was gay. Of course I’d known for ages but was waiting for him to tell me.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Di–> And the amazing thing is, those few words you spoke to your son often make the difference between life and death for a young man or woman. Because of that, each time I hear or read that someone like you spoke love and acceptance to your child in that moment, I can’t help but have my eyes fill with tears.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I can well understand that, because I’ve realised through meeting more GLBT folk, just how appallingly they are often treated – even by their own families – and am sometimes ashamed of my fellow humankind. My other son has red hair, and to me my boys’ different sexualities are nothing more than their different hair colours: part of what makes them the delightful individuals that they are.