Hi,

I am lesbian. I'm 19 and only put that together about four months ago, but looking back, I've always been this way.

I don't plan on coming out to my homophobic parents until I move out, which, unfortunately, won't be for at least a couple of years. My problem is, their homophobia is unbearable sometimes, and it takes every bit of my self-control not to speak up. Gays come up quite frequently in my household:

It comes up in the news which my family seems addicted to.

This library app my parents use is often advertising gay books, which enrages them.

Actors and actresses they used to like have come out.

And, last but far from least, their preferred fandoms have let their gay characters out to play, with Batwoman being in a cartoon we watched, and Little Red, in Once Upon a Time, falling in love with Dorothy.

Yup. It's everywhere. It's even in their own home in the form of me, their darling daughter. I can't tell them, not while I still live here. I know how they'd respond, and what they'd say, and how they'd treat me. I already know all this because they give me a demo every time homosexuals are brought up.

I know there is probably nothing I can do, but is there any tips anyone has for helping my parents be a little more open minded towards gays?

They are Christian, conservative, republicans, who are way behind even their times. They get stuck on stereotypes a lot, too and don't like to look things up on the internet. Not because they aren't tech-savvy, but because they don't use the internet when it comes to anything involving forming an opinion.

So if you have any advise on how to make them see the light without dropping the I'm-gay-bomb on them, that's be great. Thanks!