Granny lost her appetite when she saw a gay couple on TV. A 9-year-old girl had the best response.

[left-of-center2012]

An elder gay couple was shocked to receive a hateful letter from a grandmother after they appeared on their local TV station’s Pride coverage. But a heartwarming letter from a supportive nine-year-old girl lifted their spirits again. Dits Preece and his partner Allen of Alderney, U.K. appeared on the ITV Channel as it covered Pride Month. The men held hands, which was enough to anger one viewer.

A grandmother who saw them on TV wrote a letter saying that they disgusted her and her family so much that they lost their appetite. She said that the men’s appearance on TV “put me and my husband and grandson off our tea. A couple is a man and a woman, it always will be. You look like a joke (the 2 of you),” she concluded. “Try being in the circus.”

Preece posted the letter to Facebook, where he called it “pathetic.” That led to an outpouring of support in the comments and a handwritten letter from a nine-year-old girl. “After reading your letter, I was in absolute shock! How could someone be so rude?” the girl, whose name is not being used in the media, wrote. Her letter was posted to Facebook by the local organization No Outsiders.

She said that the grandmother should “think about your feelings” and stressed that Preece and his partner should “feel proud to be gay and go on television to speak about LGBTQ+. Ignore what the negative people say about your relationship because they are wrong! They should say positive things about you two because you are amazing!” She drew a rainbow and then remembered to point out that “couple means two, not opposite genders.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/07/granny-lost-appetite-saw-gay-couple-tv-9-year-old-girl-best-response/

[leftieNanner]

1. Good for you little girl!

These guys are beyond stylish!

And Love is Love.

[MissMillie]

2. Granny probably has no problem

watching a show where people are killing each other before every commercial break, but two people in love holding hands puts her "off her tea."

This is what is wrong with the world.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

9. Spot on Millie

[calimary]

18. Indeed!!!

[malaise]

13. or men abusing women

To be kind fuck granny!

[Deep State Witch]

3. I'm not crying

Someone must be cutting onions....

Two very dapper looking gents there.

[Haggard Celine]

4. Those guys are cute as hell!

How could they make anyone sick?

[GoCubsGo]

11. It sounds to me like she was already sick.

Just not in the way she thinks.

[rickmoen]

5. Seems to me

that this world needs more committed couples, not fewer.

[left-of-center2012]

6. They put her 'off her tea'

I think she's off her rocker.

[Greybnk48]

7. Two handsome men in some natty threads!

It's hard to believe someone would be angered by this.

[Demovictory9]

8. Love their outfits

[Jedi Guy]

10. Mad respect to those dudes.

If for no other reason than that I could never rock those suits the way they're doing.

[iluvtennis]

12. Ppl like granny need to learn to Live and Let Live. n/t

[calimary]

20. Even anti-gay agitator Anita Bryant finally came around to that.

She suffered so many consequences for using her stardom and name recognition to step into the spotlight for negativity and glaring public prejudice that her career and reputation were destroyed. So much for the “Florida Sunshine Tree”.

She was the high-profile commercial spokeswoman for the Florida orange juice producers - until this. The firestorm of negative publicity that grew out of her equally high-profile anti-gay agitation cost her that gig.

[The Jungle 1]

14. Granny thinks she has never been around a gay person.

Now that is funny.

[peppertree]

15. "I'm with the granny - this is just WRONG!"

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. lol

[peppertree]

29. Why, thank you.

Lindsey's nothing if not predictable.

[iluvtennis]

28. LOL x 2. n/t

[peppertree]

30. Thanks!

Then I guess that, as Luther Ingram might put it, Lindsey "don't wanna be right."

[iluvtennis]

31. LOL, only us old schoolers know that Luther Ingram song :-)

[peppertree]

34. They just don't make them like they used to.

[iluvtennis]

35. Brings back such good memories - thanks for the You Tube link. n/t

[peppertree]

36. You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Towlie]

16. I wonder how much she weighs. Maybe she can afford to lose her appetite.

 
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[Takket]

17. She's a lot more well spoken than the two word reply I had for Granny

[gratuitous]

37. Sod off?

It is in the UK, after all.

[sarge43]

19. One has to wonder if granny's marriage is as happy and committed as those gentlemen's

Some subconscious jealousy?

Virtual for that 9 yo. She has a heart.

[IronLionZion]

21. Granny can switch the channel back to Fox News

she doesn't have to watch them, so why bother sending them hate mail

[LittleGirl]

22. The youth of this world will save us all

That’s my hope anyway. Those old codgers just need to fuck off!

[Bucky]

23. "Dits Preece" and "Allen of Alderney" sound like D&D character names

Mad props to that kid. It's weird living in a world where the loudest "Christians" are the ones most in need of a stern lecture on decency and basic manners

[roamer65]

24. Granny should just fuck off and die.

Go have a heart attack or something, please.

[msongs]

26. hey granny since you've lost your appetite can i have your cakes and tea then? nt

[mitch96]

27. My standard reply in a situation like this is, Who has the problem? B/C it's clearly not the

two gents in the pic.. Granny and people of their ilk always want to dump their "rage" on the the people, places and things that get them upset.. The bottom line is
It's THEIR problem not yours..
If you tell them it's their problem not yours it flips it around and befuddles them...YMMV
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[Skittles]

32. I love that photo

fuck grandma!

[crickets]

33. "couple means two, not opposite genders."

Smart girl! Also, Dits and Allen are just adorable.