I’m the 4th of 5 children from my mom my oldest sister is gay and my younger sister is bisexual. Both of them I love dearly. I remember seeing my cousin post something on Facebook in 2019 it was a post that read “If you react to my post with the gay flag I’m blocking you.” This post came out during pride month when the gay flag was first introduced to Facebook. To me at the time I thought it was beyond funny. So I laughed at the post and even sent it to some people. At the time my younger sister wasn’t a part of the community but my older sister was. When my older sister saw I laughed she blocked me. I didn’t understand why so I asked her. She explained that she would get bullied and talked about in school and when she’s with people because she’s gay, so to her it wasn’t a joke. I told her that she was being sensitive and that he was joking. Then I remember her asking me “if someone was making fun of you because you like a person how would you feel?” I asked something like why does it matter what others think? And she said “it matters because you’re not talking about one person, you are talking about a lot of people.” This made me think a lot because I know I’m not homophobic but I really did find that post funny. So I said I love you, I don’t know why you’re mad at me. Then she said I’m mad at you because you know better you know that gay people have hard times and you making fun of them just to go along with others. I remember she asked me what about all the gay people who have never been accepted that can now express themselves. That situation taught me that even when things are amusing to you it can be harmful to others. After talking with my sister I knew I should have thought more. To me like I said it was a joke but to her it was restricting her from being herself. My biggest takeaway from this story is that me sharing and laughing at a post without thinking about others can cause more harm than I thought.