My great grandparents are 78 and 87, they grew up in a completely different time period and didn't even discuss or think about same sex couples let alone marriage. They grew up in a time where LGBT couples didn't "exist" and if they did it wasn't shown. LGBT couples existed primarily in the private rather than the public. The time period they grew up in followed what society considered the norm and rarely went against it. Well, that's what I thought because of their age and religious views. I would like to say that the assumptions I made were completely wrong. After a long conversation with my grandparents, I discovered that they did not conform to society's opinions and expectations. My grandmother had gotten pregnant out of wedlock and never married that man, she ended up marrying my grandfather. I say this because it was definitely frowned upon to get pregnant outside of marriage and then marry another man. My grandmother also held several jobs in the medical field and was very educated. This was definitely not normal for African American women or even men during her time due to the racism that was occurring. After listening to all his stories, a light came on in my eyes. It made me think that even if I'm a lesbian, they won't love me