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SawyerSauce
October 30th, 2013, 04:46 PM
I told my family (my mom, sister, and dad) that I was queer (panromantic asexual) and they think it's a joke. I told them it wasn't and I gave no reason for them to think it's a joke but they are telling me that as long as I don't go "munching carpet" they don't care. So basically they're telling me that I can be whatever I want as long as it's hetero. How do I get them to understand that I am not kidding? How do I get them to understand that being with someone of a gender other than the opposite of my own is now "sinful" or "wrong"? I know those are opinions but the reasons my dad says it is wrong is because it is not natural and that reproduction requires male and female gametes so that is why relationships should be hetero.

First, it's natural for animals to be gay. It happens all the time with dolphins, dogs, fish, and birds [etc...]. Second, I can't have children and the Y chromosome of males is decreasing, so males will eventually die off so what happens then? No love whatsoever?

I've explained this to them and they don't listen to me. It's like I'm waving a huge rainbow flag in their face and they see nothing.

Cece14
October 31st, 2013, 04:11 PM
Just keep trying, they will eventually believe you

Left Now
October 31st, 2013, 04:28 PM
Exactly like me.You know i have a talent in writing novels but they do not take me serious.This is why I always try to be away from them.

Pierce
October 31st, 2013, 08:27 PM
My advice is this, leave it alone and live your life as you would normally, or the way you want to live it. They will eventually be forced to accept it. If you keep bringing it up and rub it in their faces, they will eventually just write it off as rebellious teenager activity and a phase or a "fad".

Seth Green
October 31st, 2013, 10:00 PM
Yeah, who cares if they believe you? If there homophobic it may be better they just don't know.

NeuroTiger
November 1st, 2013, 07:11 AM
They are certainly right about the reproduction issue.
The generation needs to grow.

SawyerSauce
November 1st, 2013, 07:30 AM
Exactly like me.You know i have a talent in writing novels but they do not take me serious.This is why I always try to be away from them.

I do that too.