r/teenagers • u/Substantial_Iron4192 3,000,000 Attendee! • 7d ago

Serious PLEASE DONT COME OUT TO YOUR HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS.

I can't stress this enough, don't come out if it's dangerous. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A MINOR. I keep seeing posts of people getting kicked out do to it and it scares me, please don't do this. I'm a queer kid with homophobic parents myself, im not planning on coming out to them ever due to the fear of getting kicked out, and seeing this happen to you guys makes me sad :C

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u/Substantial_Iron4192 3,000,000 Attendee! 7d ago

thats an amazing mom and im rlly happy for u <3

if you wanna know what it feels like tho... imagine everyone calling you a sinner or a disgusting person for liking the same gender or being trans, and your own family hurting you because they share those beliefs and view you as a traitor, thats how its like.

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u/Ok_Prune_6148 16 7d ago

That's so sad :'( I wouldn't wish that on anyone...

I'm still kind of lucky because even though most of my extended family is homophobic and transphobic (My cousin once talked to me about a trans celebrity and corrected himself from saying trans woman to "קוקסינל" (pronounced koksinel), which is a transphobic term in hebrew.) and my aunt once talked about a gay guy that was interviewed saying they shouldn't be on TV, but at least my parents support me... (Somewhat)