let me set the stage for you
a young man walking down the street
smart casual in dress and manner

you don't know he loves The Whitlams
you don't know his father died of lung cancer
you don't know he has a masters degree of law
you don't know he gives to charity
you don't know he donated his left kidney to a stranger
you don't know he gave his neice a barbie doll house for christmas
you don't know he loves blueberry pie
you don't know he's gay

The one fact changes so much in the narrow corridor of some minds. A kind, healthy, happy man. Successful and confident

you don't know how hard it was for him to come out
you don't know his friends excluded him
you don't know his father beat him and died without offering forgiveness
you don't know he was banned from his high school ball
you don't know he is abused daily ont he street
you don't know he was beaten last year
three weeks in intensive care, and not entitled to joint health insurance because he is gay. His partner had to watch him suffer without being able to offer anything stable to support him, one man's health insurance isnt enough for that kind of treatment

these things you didnt know, he shares with thousands of others
they walk among you, and as long as you don't know they are wonderful people, a delight to the neighbourhood, exactly as not-very-interesting-but-still-make-you-smile as everybody else
humans are human before their sexual orientation, before their race, before their religion, before your prejudice