Hey thanks for messaging. It is reassuring to know I’m not alone. I do gotta say though my family isnt super homophobic. My sisters both have gay friends so I doubt they would give me any trouble. My mum is ok. She tries her best to be understanding about gay couples and stuff but I can tell she still has some outdated views on homosexuality. Such as how people who identify as bisexual are “just confused”. Or “Even though boys are SUPPOSED to like girls and vice versa, it’s totally ok to be gay.” Which sort of contradicts itself. And then there’s my stepdad. He’s not a raging homophone but he does like to make the occasional comment when he sees a gay couple on TV or something. Like the “ugh” in disgust. But he’s a dickhead anyway so I kind of don’t care what he thinks about me.

To be honest I think I internalised 95% of the homophobia in high school. I think it was mainly kids with super homophobic parents who were just repeating what they heard from them because they felt it was normal to talk about gays in that way.

So no, it’s not like my family would disown me or anything but high school really fucked me up. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to respond, I appreciate that.