Okay, so, I'm 13 and I'm still closeted. I really want to go to a Pride parade or a festival that celebrates LGBTQ community members or an LGBTQ support group (I need all the support I can get right now). But, I have NO way of getting there without my mom. She doesn't know I'm bisexual and she thinks kids my age are too young to "know" about sexuality and stuff. I feel like if I come-out to her, she won't understand. I feel like she'll just think I'm crazy, confused, or that I don't know what I'm talking about. I REALLY need to meet others like me, but I'm not ready to talk to my mom. What do I do? :tears:
Hmm, well I'm sorry that this is happening to you. There must be a school psychiatrist or counselor or someone with whom you can confide this information? The reason why I ask this is so that you can have a trusted, certified and qualified, adult champion for you and be on your side when you have to confront your mom about this.
Well, we do have a counselor, but I haven't had much success with counselors in the past. And she told me that if I don't tell my mom soon, she'll call her. She has NO right to do that, though. That's not her place, it's mine. And...she's not very fond of me...
No, not really. Everyone in my family except for my mom and sister is like anti-gay. But my sister hates me and my mom thinks kids my age are too young to be gay or bi.
Yeah. I've already asked them for help, but they don't know what to do. I think I should just wait for next year's Pride. I'll be 14 and taking Driver's Ed, so my mom HAS to think I'm mature then, right?
Hi there! Sorry to hear about your situation. The counsellor should not be uttering these kinds of threats. Is there a LGBT youth support group at your school that you could join for the time being?
No. Most of the people here are homophobic. And I don't know how I'd get to and from a support group if there was one. My sister is working for her driver's license, but she doesn't really like me, so I don't think she'd be up to driving me. :/
She's just always picked on me and teased me. I don't want her to think I'm pulling the "gay card" or that I'm making it up just to get a ride somewhere. I don't want to use my sexuality as an excuse.
