Pictures of Tin
So T sent some photos of Tin in Croatia and one was of him in the Square in the center of Zagreb. I remembered being there myself a couple of years ago, but now looking at this photo that came to my email, I felt disconcerted to see my son standing in a country where my partner wears a disguise.
Later, I looked down on my desk to the Croatian language tapes and thought to myself, now why would I want to learn the language of a country where they would force me to be in the closet because of my sexual preference? Language of the oppressor? Uh, no.
I had worried this violent homophobia would go hand and hand with racism, as my neighbor’s Croatian friend had warned me about, but apparently Tin has been well received there. May all his life and travels go so smoothly, so he can grow up and not feel ill at ease about who he is.