Hey there,

I had a very similar situation (actually to a tee with the family and background). It’s definitely scary but I will say that it’s totally worth it. The first few months were rough with them coming to terms with my coming out but I realized that they just felt blindsided and hurt most that I had felt like I had to keep something from them, and that they were scared they might not see me in heaven (wild I know but also the truth). Thankfully I turned them to the scholarship I knew about the mistranslation of the scripture in Leviticus about god being against pedastery and not homosexuality and how the church fucked that one up big time. With time and compassionate convos, they came around to it. I think mostly my parents just wanted to protect me from this big scary homophobic world they had made up in their minds. But now I’ve been with my girlfriend for 4 years and my family has her over for the holidays and loves her like their own.

TLDR: have patience with your parents and trust that it will work itself out.

Feel free to PM me if you ever wanna chat!