I live in a decent sized town in the US. I'm gay, but in the closet right now. As far as I can tell, I'm the only one in the school who is gay, closeted or otherwise. In my town, people are incredibly homophobic. I don't mean just bullying/shunning, I mean petitioning the town government to remove the person from the town. My dad would probably scream and yell and make my life as hard as possible if he knew. My mom would understand, and be supportive of me. I know I should either move to another town or just ignore it, but I've reached a boiling point, and don't know how to break it to anyone. I need to know how to do it so that I can minimize the amount of hatred I'm going to get. I'm going to tell people, but I need advice on how.
Sorry, but I'm not going to be leaving. Our money situation isn't destitute, but we're certainly not moving. There are several other reasons, mainly inability to cope with change from my parents, but as much as I wish I could, we can't move.
I know I should stay closeted, to avoid the hell that I'm going to go through, but you don't understand that circus I have to go through. Constantly, constantly, constantly I have to pretend I hate gay people, that they are the scum of the earth, that they all deserve to do. In my school, it's expected that you rip jokes against gay people, otherwise people start harassing you. I've reached my limit, and I need to know how to tell people whilst mitigating the bullying I'm going to receive. I can take it, I've always been the receiving end of jokes, but I just want to avoid the brunt of it.
@Klye: Online communities? Possible links? Sorry, I'm an idiot when it comes to the internet, I'm absolutely useless at finding things on Google. Hehe...
Thanks to all of you others, and I do believe that my mom will be able to keep a secret like this.
Sorry, but I'm not going to be leaving. Our money situation isn't destitute, but we're certainly not moving. There are several other reasons, mainly inability to cope with change from my parents, but as much as I wish I could, we can't move.
I know I should stay closeted, to avoid the hell that I'm going to go through, but you don't understand that circus I have to go through. Constantly, constantly, constantly I have to pretend I hate gay people, that they are the scum of the earth, that they all deserve to do. In my school, it's expected that you rip jokes against gay people, otherwise people start harassing you. I've reached my limit, and I need to know how to tell people whilst mitigating the bullying I'm going to receive. I can take it, I've always been the receiving end of jokes, but I just want to avoid the brunt of it.
@Klye: Online communities? Possible links? Sorry, I'm an idiot when it comes to the internet, I'm absolutely useless at finding things on Google. Hehe...
Thanks to all of you others, and I do believe that my mom will be able to keep a secret like this.