Tips For Dealing With Homophobic Families

Its difficult to deal with homophobic strangers, but it can be even more difficult dealing with relatives who reject homsexuality. These "loved ones" should love you no matter what and not judge you based on your sexual prefferances even though thats the way it sholud be, its not the way it is sinc eyou cant judge the way people feel, the only thing you can do is change the way you feel amnd the way you react in response to what they do by learning how to understand your relatives homophobia and what to do to make family relations much more bearable. Whether you are gay , straight,or bisexual you may find homophobia in your family to be confronting consider these ideas for responding to and dealing with family members who do not understand sexually beyond traditional male/female couples.Almost everyone has at least one relative immediate or distant who has some form of prejudice whether it comes in the form of racism,sexism or homophobia when your family doesnt share your beliefs it can be frustrating and complicated Listening to people you love say things that make you angry can be hard. however you dont have to sit silently when a relative says offensive things.Educate your self on why some one may be homophobic forexample some people have never knowingly had a frienship with a gay person and simply donot understand honmosexuality , while others may be secretly ashamed of their own homosexual desires in families where one or more person is homosexual , sibling rivalry may play a role.Join an online group that supports gay rights and offers friendly support and advice for people who are dealing with homophobic families.If you are gay, lsebian or bisexual and your family members have trouble with your sexual orientation, or even flat out reject you there are many ways to deal with the conflict you dont have to put up with any kind of abuse.Unfortunately some people are in homophobicfamilies that will never change.In fact some of these family members physically or emotionally abuse their gay relatives. Many parents even kick out their teenage son or daughter for simply coming out.Living with or being related to honmophobic family members can be a challenging situation. Your home is supposed to be a refugee from the hostile outside world.