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[-] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Curious what circumstances "forced" them to accept you. My parents have turned me out pretty quickly after coming out to them as trans (and gay since I was already married to a woman)

[-] Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

My parents had kicked me out for unrelated reasons (I was a nerd and my mom was a believer in borderline Satanic Panic BS) and my extended family had welcomed me back because my parents were generally assholes to everyone and had been told they were no longer welcome at family get-togethers. When I rejoined that extended family, they told me all about how they couldn't imagine kicking anyone out a kid simply for being honest about how they want to live their life.

So when I came out to them a few years later, they realized that they couldn't really say anything about it because it would make them the same as my parents. Most of my aunts have come around, and even my grandad was happy to call me his grandson before he passed away. The main holdouts are my uncles and the one aunt who is a strict Catholic despite being divorced herself. But if I weren't to be invited, it would be a big issue with enough family members that they always ask.

Thankfully I am not entirely alone, as my one cousin got gay married last year as well, so now we joke about being the rainbow sheep of the family lol.

this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2024
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