So this is going to be a serious thread. Please read the room before you shitpost.

I want to talk about growing up in abusive households and how sometimes the homophobia or racism or xenophobia aren't overt and how that subtlety can be even more damaging.

Now, I know this is a heavy subject so mute this thread if you don't want to deal with it. I get it. :)

I was raised in a weird household, where my extended family members were religious but still moderately progressive, however my parents were extremely neo-conservative.

My parents were of the mentality that god came first, family second, country third. Anything that got in the way of the above was considered to be sinful or wasteful or evil. They were very particular about how people worshiped and would not associate with other christian sects.

They used this logic to screw family members out of inheritance due to their worship choices, or their progressive ideals. It made things very tense and a lot of the people who could have helped me as a young gay instead resented me. Sins of the father and all that.