I'm always tempted to say: Fuck them, it's your life, not theirs. Come out. If they love you, they'll accept you...
But... that's a huge if to take into consideration. Any descent parent should love their child, but we're in no shortages of awful stories. That'd be one hell of a way to find that out. Ignorance can be bliss and all that.
It comes down to this: Do you feel as if your parents love you? Care about you, who you are, what you do and what you want? Are they interested in you in general? If yes, then... would it make you feel better for them to know? If it's again yes, well, try?
These are tough things to decide and it's fully up to you. If they're religious, they may react badly but come around soon after, as you're their child. But that depends on how deep they are in their religion.
I'm trying to help because there is little engagement in this thread, but I'm always really uneasy about things like this. I don't know anything about you. There are so many factors from the gender you were assigned at birth, to which country you live in, and assuming you're American, which state, and so on.
I guess, one last question to ask is: How "pissy" would they get if they were to find out, you know? Are we talking big argument pissy? Or disowned pissy? Would they try conversion therapy? Also, if they're really religious, take into account how their religious peers will react and how they could influence them.
There's a lot of angles to this, and those are ultimately yours to figure out. Still though, I hope I didn't scare you. I want you to be safe, first and foremost. I'm trying to help to the best of my ability, hopefully, that was worth something.
Wait.. I thought Queer was just.. all of us, basically? What? I've been using Queer to describe the community in general for a while, it's much simpler and elegant then the acronym. I don't think I've been saying something stupid with no one correcting me for months.. have I?
Jesus Christ, the amount of strange and sometimes non sensical labels we have is kind of ridiculous. This makes it sounds like Queer is part of the movement, not the movement itself. Which was already confusing because of the Q in LGBTQIA+...
So.. is Pixelfed really like Instagram? It seems to be really photo focused. As in: Actual photography. While Instagram is much more personal often, with selfies and so on. And from everything I've personally seen, it seems that selfies on the fediverse are like a huge no-no. No one is stigmatized for doing it, but no one is doing it. I don't know if what I'm saying is clear.
I'm always tempted to say: Fuck them, it's your life, not theirs. Come out. If they love you, they'll accept you...
But... that's a huge if to take into consideration. Any descent parent should love their child, but we're in no shortages of awful stories. That'd be one hell of a way to find that out. Ignorance can be bliss and all that.
It comes down to this: Do you feel as if your parents love you? Care about you, who you are, what you do and what you want? Are they interested in you in general? If yes, then... would it make you feel better for them to know? If it's again yes, well, try?
These are tough things to decide and it's fully up to you. If they're religious, they may react badly but come around soon after, as you're their child. But that depends on how deep they are in their religion.
I'm trying to help because there is little engagement in this thread, but I'm always really uneasy about things like this. I don't know anything about you. There are so many factors from the gender you were assigned at birth, to which country you live in, and assuming you're American, which state, and so on.
I guess, one last question to ask is: How "pissy" would they get if they were to find out, you know? Are we talking big argument pissy? Or disowned pissy? Would they try conversion therapy? Also, if they're really religious, take into account how their religious peers will react and how they could influence them.
There's a lot of angles to this, and those are ultimately yours to figure out. Still though, I hope I didn't scare you. I want you to be safe, first and foremost. I'm trying to help to the best of my ability, hopefully, that was worth something.
Take care of yourself. And, keep us posted!
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