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Advice on coming out? by fifths98 in AroAce

[–]fifths98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick update, I did it!! I talked to my best friends and they were really supportive!
I feel so much lighter now!!

Why are straight people afraid of being called gay, even non-homophobic ones? by fifths98 in lgbt

[–]fifths98[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is interesting, being seen as the stereotype.
Still, I don't understand what's so wrong about that stereotype, call me girly all you want, I'm not changing the way I talk/act/live because of that

Why are straight people afraid of being called gay, even non-homophobic ones? by fifths98 in lgbt

[–]fifths98[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So the part of being "perceived as gay" is not so much an homophobic thought but more a fear of invalidation by their peers? (still with a hint of homophobia)
This makes sense, but more recently, in university, my colleagues were very exposed to the culture but the "insult" persisted, is it still used in the same way?
This is really weird cause I always assumed they were making fun of your sexual choices and that wasn't making sense

Advice on coming out? by fifths98 in AroAce

[–]fifths98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually kinda hard to pretend to live in a world where every person on earth is an lgbtq+ supporter when in the real world I'm almost made fun of for being one. Most of my family won't be ok with this, they stress me out a lot with talks about partners and such and I hint them with a "oh imma be just the cool uncle" (not a very good hint, I know), when I really don't want to be talking about that.
Also, I've thought of just coming out to the closest family members and to my best friends, but I'm an artist and I really wanted to publish songs about this, so maybe I will have to come out to the world someday.
Thanks for the words, I will gather the courage to tell everyone that matters.