ShivamAcceptance Comes From Within
Interestingly, the reason for her first interaction with people of LGBT community was her parents. She told Pride Source,”We were just mountain people, and I did not know at that time – I sure did not. In my early days, we did not know [what gay was]. It didn’t take me long to know that people were different and that was always fine with me. I was different too, and I embraced and accepted them and I knew them. I knew them well.”