I need to get this out of my system because if I have to listen to anymore bullshit I'm going to scream.
I love my family. I do, but they're bigots. And somewhat racist, but that's a rant all it's own. Now, my Uncles and Grandpa are pastors, and in their version of Christianity all homosexuals are going to hell. This is widely accepted by all the family I am surrounded with. At one point I even believed them having grown up around this attitude, but I've grown up. I know better, I've befriended gay people; heck, I have some distant relatives who are gay. Unfortunately I'll never meet them since they've pretty much been disowned.
And they HATE Obama. Every conversation seems to eventually go to "Obama sucks I wish Rommney had won" and I have to sit there, poker faced, and listen to that bullshit. ALL THE FREAKING TIME.
It's not just frustrating, it's sad. A good friend of mine came out to me as bisexual and she was so nervous because her mom was giving her crap and telling her she was just going through a phase and every time I remember her and I want to cry because it's not fair.
And I can't say anything. There's no getting through to them, and I'm actually afraid of what they'd do if they found out. And while I'm here, to be completely honest, despite what I may have said in the past; I've never completely hated slash, but for a long time I was afraid to say so because I was afraid they'd find out. There are pairings I ship I'm afraid of drawing art for because they might somehow see it.
But the icing on the cake is when I'm with the kids. I'm around kids a lot, and some of the stuff they say their parents told them frustrate the crap out of me. I can't wait until the day I can finally have my own place.
