Re: Coming out of the Broom Closet
I told my mom a week before Christmas, and my dad on Christmas morning. They told me they would support me in anything I wanted to do, and that they love me no matter what, but since then they have not treated me the same way- Dad frowns when I bring up my religion, and Mom keeps subtly trying to get me to convert back to Christianity. Once, in an attempt to understand what it was that I believed, Mom said "I don't really care who your gods are, there are multiple paths to salvation... but you don't actually worship Thor, do you? Because you know he is a fictional character right?" So I don't know what to do about that.
I came out to my friends and the rest of campus a few months later, and for the most part they have been really supportive, so I am very glad of that. Now I am open to anyone, I don't even care what they think of me. The one exception to this is my extended family. Especially my grandma, and my oldest aunt and uncle (Dad's family). I still am not sure if I'll ever tell them.
I told my mom a week before Christmas, and my dad on Christmas morning. They told me they would support me in anything I wanted to do, and that they love me no matter what, but since then they have not treated me the same way- Dad frowns when I bring up my religion, and Mom keeps subtly trying to get me to convert back to Christianity. Once, in an attempt to understand what it was that I believed, Mom said "I don't really care who your gods are, there are multiple paths to salvation... but you don't actually worship Thor, do you? Because you know he is a fictional character right?" So I don't know what to do about that.
I came out to my friends and the rest of campus a few months later, and for the most part they have been really supportive, so I am very glad of that. Now I am open to anyone, I don't even care what they think of me. The one exception to this is my extended family. Especially my grandma, and my oldest aunt and uncle (Dad's family). I still am not sure if I'll ever tell them.
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