Did any of you hear homophobic things at home growing up?

Yes, mild things most of the time. I think that my dad is really uncomfortable with the idea of homosexuality. When we were watching TV together he'd change channels almost immediately when something of the sorts showed up.
My brother is... an awful person most of time. Okay, I'm clearly biased, but he tends to be needlessly offensive about anything that is slightly different from how he is. I remember how he teased me about not liking football, like that's the REQUIRED thing to do.
I'm not that close to the rest of my family to know what they think, but I don't think they are much different.
I don't think I'd have that much trouble being out, but I'm not comfortable with the idea. I sometimes wonder if the reason for me being so distant from the rest of my family is because of that.

 

Not really. Both my parents hardly ever spoke anything related to LGBT. I only found out what gay and lesbian meant when I was around 10. That doesn't mean they are very receptive though. They still regard them as 'different' and would rather not have much contact. But they're respectful.

 

So much that it wasn't them being homophobic. They are anti-gay. I hear Everything you can think of + more. I could make a list but, it would take me a while. I'll just post something I've never posted on this website.


I've heard: "Faggits don't eat anything except salad, because they have to have clean assholes"

 

My parents(especially dad) is homophobic. They have boycotted stores that Focus on the Family and AFA have told them to boycott. The "gay agenda" was discussed several times. When my brother and I were looking through channels on the Roku back in April before I came out, we landed near the Presbyterian channel. First words out of my dads mouth, "Isn't that the denomination that marries gays?" This was totally out of the blue.

 

oh only everyday of my life friend. I'm not really out... to anyone, and my family is religious and against all things LGBT so I feel ya it stinks

 

I'm hearing it now , Lesbians aren't real you need the right dick , you need the right man , women are gay in jail , lesbians are sick , .
From dear old mom . Oh and let's not forget when my dad be me with a belt .

 

My father also has that offensive humour - but he has expressed 'disagreement' with homosexuals. Even after I came out. He keeps insisting one day I'll be 'normal,' and settle down with a man.

He does still respect and love me though, and has not been outwardly rude to anyone that has been open with him about their sexual orientations.

 

All the freaking time :dry: but ever since I came out (partially) people at home are more a lot more "kind" towards gay people, or at least they keep their thoughts to themselves

Some of them are still sexist, racist, xenophobic and homophobic :rolle:

 

Pretty accepting of homosexuality in general (my dad also makes jokes but FOR SURE just has an offensive sense of humor in general), but with a small but memorable dose of "can't they just pick one?" flavor biphobia.

 

I didn't really hear much growing up, although it could be that I also didn't know anybody lgbt growing up; it was almost non-existent in my little life I guess you can say(I don't recall even hearing it mentioned much, if at all). Within a few years ago, after it pretty much became a big topic, is when everyone showed their true colors.

I made a thread about some more recent notable examples but, since I don't feel like digging it up atm, I'll list a couple examples here:

- My brother's cousin was up visiting and we stayed at a different cousin's house. He asked to use my charger and they started that 'no homo' nonsense("oh, that's something all guys say when they don't want something like that to come off the wrong way" the other cousin said) when he grabbed it off my leg. The real bs came the next morning when I was just waking up. He(visiting) was talking to his gf and the topic of some bi person came up and, as he was walking out the door, he said "It's not that I don't like gay people, just let one of them touch me. I will knock them so hard that they'll be wishing they were straight."

- I laughed and brought up my cousin starting to take an interest in porn(had 'boobs' and stuff looking up on their iPad) to my aunt and after she said she figured he was at that age, she was like *cue disgusted face* 'Well at least he isn't looking up two guys doing stuff. That's when I'd be worrying.', after which my other aunt chimed in with an 'ew', and blah blah blah - not letting it go -

...the hell? I don't even...oh wow, ha. That reminds me of one of my uncle's ridiculous notions that guys who eat yogurt are gay.

I'm being serious. .-.

 

This is the exact same reason why I don't take drama classes anymore :lol: and even if you stick to gay characters only they would be like "we get it! can't you play anymore roles besides yourself"? :roflmao:

 

I heard so much homophobic stuff growing up
The most coming from my father, as he came from a religious background, so he had a VERY negative view on them, tried to make me see them from the same point of view as he did, but I never did XD
I'd tell him exactly what he wanted to hear, but I never saw people in the LGBT people in that way... I always saw them and thought "Cute :3 They've found someone Now where is MY person?" XD
If I expressed my curiosity or happiness for them around the house, did anything that made it look as though I was beaten from my father with either a wooden spoon or a belt or shit like that
Once the anti-child smacking laws came into effect in NZ, I was finally able to be free to discover what I wanted to, find out all the answers to the questions I had, and just be who I wanted to be without my dad molding me into himself

 

My father was always cracking homophobic jokes, constantly groaned when anything about lgbtq people would come up in the news, and was overall just very disrespectful.
His mother (my grandma) is more open to it because I have a gay uncle, but she still says that she "doesn't understand why they want to get married, or adopt children - it's bad for them".

 

This - this is pretty much my father.

Sorry about your family, by the way

 

I am not out and one of my cousin always says,hey we r so lucky to be normal,look this and that,don't they have any shame? What the hell is wrong with them? I nod my head and say,yes yes,we r so normal lol

 

Growing up, all anybody said about gay people was how disgusting their sex was. That and the idea that we're all a bunch of complete wackos. You know, blah blah butthole, blah blah rim job, blah blah vagina smell, blah blah predators, etcetera etcetera.

Thankfully, the folks have been gradually becoming more understanding and accepting since I came out. I'm just glad I don't have to hear about how going down on a woman is like licking snot ever again. I think the incontinent gay men jokes are gone even.

 

homophobic "humor" every now and then, it stopped after they began suspecting me being gay. my father also had to deal with his wife's gay friend and he seemed very okay with it