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Originally Posted by Rainbowzz
I never thought that I would.
But i made a choice to "come out" to my aunt. We were having a discussion about how I am very different from the home town I come from and am now living in, and I sort of opened it by saying "most of my friends in the city were in the LGBT Scene... and for that matter, I was in that scene too!" She asked franky "so is it ok if i ask are you gay, or straight, or bisexual? I know your not transgendered because you are very much a girl. You dont have to answer if you don't want to." And I told her, "well, I've always liked girls and guys. I don't think I have a preference." And thats where it ended. Shes very level headed, probably the most in our whole family, and so thats why i chose her. She didn't make a big deal out of it, only mentioning it once more when she joked i must be having a hard time finding dates in a town of less than 900! LOL.
It went well. I still don't know about the rest of my family, definetly NOT my mom because she is homophobic. However, in time, maybe some others. |
I'm so happy for you. It's always such a relief to just be who you are.
I am hoping to have the opportunity to talk with other GLBT individuals about the role (if any) that internalized oppression may or may not have in your life and recovery from psychological symptoms.
It would be great sometime to have a live chat with the members of the GLBT community here to discuss this topic.
In my case, my father was a closeted gay man. In his time, being gay was a mental disorder, and he spent ten years of my early childhood in psychiatric hospital. Obviously, being gay was not his only problem.
I'm interested in this topic for a number of reasons related to my PTSD, and the violent crime that touched it off for me two years ago had hate crime elements related to me being a lesbian.
Thank you for sharing your delightful coming out story. I wish that everyone learn to be accepting of ourselves and who we are, warts and all.
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