Video: How Homophobia Feels In 2018

BBC Scotland's youth program The Social shares this spoken word poem illustrating the split-second choices LGBTs make every day when it comes to public displays of affection - even those as innocent as a good-bye kiss.

Twenty year-old Sean Lìonadh found himself in a state of "arresting helplessness" when a passer-by in Glasgow told him, “I’ve got nothing against gays, but do you have to do it in front of my kids?”

That "helplessness" eventually crystalized in his poetry and film-making becoming the short film, "Time For Love."

I can admit that for years every one of the thoughts Sean addresses here has sped through my mind as a younger gay.

I'm not so afraid today, although lengthy hand-holding does put me on guard now and then. I'm not proud of that but it's true.

Watch "Time For Love" below. This is how homophobia feels in 2018.

This is how homophobia feels in 2018.#TimeForLove pic.twitter.com/dHfsvt94Nz

— BBC The Social (@bbcthesocial) April 9, 2018