Dear Queenie,
My brother came out as being gay a couple of years ago and our parents were terribly upset. At first they wouldn’t even speak to him but eventually they softened up and began to treat him like they did before, but they never talk to him about his social life or say anything about him being gay.
Recently I found out they have changed their wills and are leaving everything to me and my sister and nothing for him because he is gay. My sister and I think this is terrible and have tried to talk to them about it, but they won’t even discuss it.
Queenie, how can we get them to change their minds?—Angry sister
Dear Sister,
I doubt you can persuade these homophobes to change their minds, but I encourage you to keep on trying. And of course, once your parents are gone they cannot stop you and your sister from sharing your inheritance with your brother. Fair is fair, after all.
And before any of you lawyers start lecturing me on inheritance laws in St. Maarten, let me remind you that some (many, I hope) of my faithful readers live in other places with different laws.
