So this is how it is I'm 16 years old and a month ago I came out as gay to my sister as she was the only person I could say wasn't homophobic in my family. When I came out as gay to her she was quite shocked and looked quite scared but the following day she came up to me and said that she thinks it's fine that I'm gay but she added that she believes that it's a choice (which it isn't.) Anyway so last week I had my friend Joe around and he is openly gay but I never told my parents that he was because I knew if they knew they wouldn't let me hang out with him. Joe is the only friend that I have ever opened up to about my sexuality and he has always been really accepting. I was in my bedroom the other day with him and he then went to kiss me so I kissed him back; the bad news about this is that my Mum then enters my bedroom and sees us kissing she didn't say anything and closed the door on us so Joe went home and later on that day my Mum said to me that I was to not ever see Joe again. I'm in love but I just feel my family are not accepting and I'm scared they never will be. I have 3 siblings, 2 brothers and a sister, but my brothers are weirdly religious just like my parents the only person in my family I feel loves me at the moment is my sister but even yesterday she made a comment about how homosexuals have aids in front of my whole family with me being there.. I just don't know what to do. I'm too scared to just walk up to my parents and say that I'm gay because I know they could chuck me out of my home so I really need to consider my safety... I live out in the middle of nowhere, there are NO LGBT groups or anything like that were I live. I just feel so alone. Support and advice would be much appreciated )
Hello and welcome to EC! (*hug*) Unfortunately I do think you're gonna need to keep your head down for a while. At least until you're in a position where you could live away from home. What's Joe's family like? How do they feel about him?
Hey his family have been accepting of him he lives with his mum and his 3 sisters (2 of which are gay themselves)
is all of your family homophobic, have you considered move to a relative's house, that might be worst case scenario i think but i suggest trying to stay under the radar like fancy said
Unfortunately they are I can think of one relative being my second cousin (Mum's cousin) he's gay and lives with his partner, I know him quite well but he lives in Atlanta which is far from where I live. Most of my family have cut him off but I still talk to him on facebook etc. and he's such a nice guy.
I have a second cousing (mum's cousin) who is gay that I'm in contact with but he lives far away ---------- Post added 27th Dec 2014 at 06:35 AM ---------- I really want to be myself but in reality I never will be
yeah sounds a good plan ! ---------- Post added 27th Dec 2014 at 06:37 AM ---------- I might ask him about it
