Personal Narrative
Janelle Sanchez
Have you ever wondered about someone? What they’re really like or what’s the
deal with them? Well I always wondered was my god-sister’s problem. She was a very
mean spirited, quiet, aggressive, and rude person. She would come to family gatherings
with her mother and be a drag to the party. Everyone would be laughing and drinking,
having a good time. She would try to prevent us from touching her mother and calling
everything ‘gay’. After the party would be over we would all speculate that she was
fighting off her gay feelings.
We don’t have anything against her or gay people but we had something against
her being in the closet. We all wondered why she was like the way she was. My mother
asked her mother, “does Olympia like boys?” and her mother would reply and say “I
think so”. So nobody really knew who Olympia was or why she was the way she was.
A couple of years ago my god-mother bought a computer and connected to AOL.
So we would chat back and forwards to one another over the internet. One day I was
online and Olympia was online, so I looked to see what chat-room she was in and the
name of the room was ‘Lesbian Butch 1’, so I found myself almost jumping out of my
seat. I felt like I had won the lottery, I felt a swarm of emotions running through my
body. I knew she was gay but I had no concrete proof. I confronted her about it and she,
without hesitation, told me she thought that being with a woman is what excited her. She
began dating women on and off line on a regular basis. I had began to see a drastic
change in her, she was telling jokes, smiling a lot, perky, and all around happy.
After I found out about Olympia’s sexuality I began to feel a bit different about
her. I didn’t know if I could talk to her about guys or any other of the things girls talk
about. I had a perception of how gay people were but it was all from T.V. so I had no
idea how to act around her. I let her come to me about her relationship problems and I
talked to her about my. I felt comfortable around her, like she was an older sister I had
always wanted.
I now treat her like she’s a regular person, I ask her about her girlfriends and
everything else that goes along with it. We go out to parties, parades and clubs together. I
get her girls numbers she gets me guys numbers. We have fun when we go out and we
have fun at family gatherings now. We all treat her like nothing changed.