🏛️Understanding the LGBTQ+ community-The right to shed the given outer shell and live entirely as one’s own soul.  [Introduction] Around 2008, Los Angeles, where I lived, was a massive battleground of values. The entire society was boiling over the issue of recognizing same-sex marriage, with public opinion tensely divided, hovering around 40% in statistics. The area where I resided, heavily populated by conservative Christians, was no exception. As someone who attended church every week, I was not yet fully prepared to embrace this sudden wave of change. The wall named ‘tradition’ and ‘faith’ felt far too rigid and immense. [Bewilderment Faced at the Generational Divide] One day, my children returned…