Homophobic private chrsitian Summer school

[JohnFused]

Yea i still didn't tell my mom that im gay cuz i scared and she made me go to this summer school thats like in a highway and i made a few friends but the things is like everyone there is homopohic kk the 1st day i i made a few friends at lunch he brought out his ipod and he was listening to elpant man sumthing about dance on chi chi man (Queer man) and toke out a picture of Lance (forgot last name) and stomped on it. and other ppl in the school they just really really homopobic remarks when u do the slightest thing that looks gay like this yesterday morning i dorped my pencil and pick it up.. next thing ya hear... HOMO u waiting for a dude to come fk u? and im having a really hard time progessing (<i have no idea what that means)

[Ironic Infidel In England]

Aww man... I'd say hide it as much as possible.. the way you describe it, there's not much else you can do.

[NintendoFanboy]

Fake Sick the whole summer. :grin: ...Okay... Really, I don't know what to do, I never went to a public school, but here's some advice. Stand up for yourself. If someone insitsts that you're gay, and you want to keep it a secret, then just hide it, and say "I'M NOT GAY!".

[Serenity]

I say the best thing you can do at this point is to tell your mom and try to get out of that school. I don't think it's at all good for you mentally and emotionally to be in an environment where not only are you forced to keep one of the hardest secrets, but you are also surrounded by people who hate and scorn your lifestyle and beliefs. That's my 2 cents.

[HopeScratchMcDougal]

I say the best thing you can do at this point is to tell your mom and try to get out of that school. I don't think it's at all good for you mentally and emotionally to be in an environment where not only are you forced to keep one of the hardest secrets, but you are also surrounded by people who hate and scorn your lifestyle and beliefs. That's my 2 cents.

I would have to agree with her.

I too, go to a homophobic Christian school, but they certainly aren't homophobic to _that_ sort of degree.

If your mother really loves you, she'll take your being gay well. But that does not mean that she'll pull you out of the school. If she doesn't, then just try to go through with it as easily as you can.

[mattyboy28]

I say the best thing you can do at this point is to tell your mom and try to get out of that school. I don't think it's at all good for you mentally and emotionally to be in an environment where not only are you forced to keep one of the hardest secrets, but you are also surrounded by people who hate and scorn your lifestyle and beliefs. That's my 2 cents.

Agreed, and do your best to hide it if you do stay. That just makes me mad that people can think that... What the heck is wrong with being gay (lol, just aske Jopal, he told me ALL about that :P wat a jerk...)

[A.J.]

Tell your mom how miserable you are at the school. if it dosent work, and the kids are still makin fun of you then just kick their ass. that show em ;)

[mattyboy28]

Thatll work... until they put two and two together and figure out that you are gay... then youll really be in for it... In my opinion, its best to avoid them and talk to your mom, I swear that if she loves you shell pull you out of there...

[Archduke Robert of France]

Hmm, I'm afriad that I must advise that you hide it. You obviously live in a conservative community and, if you were open about it, you were probably persecuted because of it. Then again, bottling up those emotions and feelings would probably rot away at your soul. There might be a support group in your town or something for gay people.

[mattyboy28]

Look, you know your parents better than any of us. If you think they could handle you telling them, then tell them, but like I said, you know your parents better than any of us.

[byee]

2 issues here: First is your unhappiness with this camp. Second is your sexuality and the decision to tell your mom. Let's seperate them, they are very different and require 2 different plans!

First, if you hate camp, you might tell your mom you hate camp, give her the GENERAL reasons, like 'they're all small minded', or 'they bully me', which is, afterall, the truth, but not so revealing as to overshadow your current, immediate concern of getting out of camp.

The decision to tell your mom about your sexuality is a much more complex one, and you should give it alot of thought first. The decision to share anything personal (not just about sexuality) should be about helping the relationship between you and the other person, not about 'getting something' , like out of camp, or feeling less guilty, etc. This requires a bit more planning and soul searching, but for the current issue, I think you can probably get out of camp without doing something that might be premature and cause more problems for you than the stuff at camp.