“Why were you okay with me coming out?” Ellie hadn’t asked this before, and Mamá’s voice sounded in her head—never question good news, just grab it and run. “If I were not okay, you would still be lesbiana, sí?” “Yes, but—” “My opinion cannot change who you are. It can only change how we are. So when you tell us, I must decide what is important—my opinion, or you? It is not hard when you think of it that way.”
