Are there any other queer chicken people here?

[H-B-O]

Hi!

Hello Brownie

 

[aroostercalledBrownie]

Hello Brownie

Hi HBO

 

[riss]

What's everyone doing for the weekend?

 

[H-B-O]

What's everyone doing for the weekend?

I don't know yet

 

[riss]

I'll be outside working around the house and then I have to get my weekly covid test for lacrosse

 

[littledog]

I have a couple questions for you folks who are non-straight and/or non-cisgender:

Do your family members/the people you grew up with, 1. hate or reject you outright (e.g. kicked you out of the house, refuse to talk to you)...2. refuse to face reality or accept (e.g. "it's a sin but we love the sinner, we just need to pray harder for them)...3. tiptoe around and pretend it doesn't exist (e.g. "We don't hate those people, but It's probably just a phase for our family member")... 4. give lip-service to accepting you but don't want to talk about it (e.g. love and accept your partner but call them your "friend" or "roommate" and introduce them around as such, even within close family members) 5. Love you and accept you and are trying to educate themselves, but don't quite yet understand fully (as a 60-y-old cis/hetero grandma, this is where I believe I am towards my family members, but I would like to continue to progress towards ->) ...6. accept and understand you fully?

My second question is, how much does religion affect which of these attitude categories your families fall into? And what religion are they?

I was tempted to make a poll, but I feared it might be considered disrespectful, or possibly attract trolls, IDK. So answer if you feel like it, or not.

I love and respect all of you, thanks.

 

[riss]

I have a couple questions for you folks who are non-straight and/or non-cisgender:
5. Love you and accept you and are trying to educate themselves, but don't quite yet understand fully

My second question is, how much does religion affect which of these attitude categories your families fall into? And what religion are they?

I was tempted to make a poll, but I feared it might be considered disrespectful, or possibly attract trolls, IDK. So answer if you feel like it, or not.

I love and respect all of you, thanks.

For me my family is 5. I grew up in a church setting and a conservative house but they love me and they wanted to support me. Even though they don't agree with those things they tried to understand and actually find things in the bible to help make me feel better about my preference. Sure my dad will say the f*gg*t or use gay in a negative term but I know he just grew up in that time so I know he doesn't mean anything bad towards me

 

[aroostercalledBrownie]

I have a couple questions for you folks who are non-straight and/or non-cisgender:

Do your family members/the people you grew up with, 1. hate or reject you outright (e.g. kicked you out of the house, refuse to talk to you)...2. refuse to face reality or accept (e.g. "it's a sin but we love the sinner, we just need to pray harder for them)...3. tiptoe around and pretend it doesn't exist (e.g. "We don't hate those people, but It's probably just a phase for our family member")... 4. give lip-service to accepting you but don't want to talk about it (e.g. love and accept your partner but call them your "friend" or "roommate" and introduce them around as such, even within close family members) 5. Love you and accept you and are trying to educate themselves, but don't quite yet understand fully (as a 60-y-old cis/hetero grandma, this is where I believe I am towards my family members, but I would like to continue to progress towards ->) ...6. accept and understand you fully?

My second question is, how much does religion affect which of these attitude categories your families fall into? And what religion are they?

I was tempted to make a poll, but I feared it might be considered disrespectful, or possibly attract trolls, IDK. So answer if you feel like it, or not.

I love and respect all of you, thanks.

My parents thought it was just a phase. They said I was too young to decide yet and told me to give it time. They also asked me multiple times if I said I was bi just to get attention. I hope they’ll accept reality a little more as I grow up. religion probably doesn’t affect their views because we are not a religious household.

 

[riss]

My parents thought it was just a phase. They said I was too young to decide yet and told me to give it time. They also asked me multiple times if I said I was bi just to get attention. I hope they’ll accept reality a little more as I grow up. religion probably doesn’t affect their views because we are not a religious household.

Mine thought it was a phase at first too but over time they excepted it

 

[Sally PB]

5. Love you and accept you and are trying to educate themselves, but don't quite yet understand fully (as a 60-y-old cis/hetero grandma, this is where I believe I am towards my family members, but I would like to continue to progress towards ->) ...6. accept and understand you fully?

I feel like I'm at 5 too. I've been reading this thread and the LGBT thread to learn more. I have no problems accepting people who are different than I am. There are some things I will understand better than other things... and some things that I wouldn't understand if I didn't experience them myself. (Like accepting different religions, understanding about them, but I won't "get" all the nuances because I don't follow that specific religion. If that analogy make sense...)

But it goes both ways too. I've talked to a lot of people who don't understand WHY I want to live out in the middle of nowhere, and have to drive for an hour to get to Home Depot, for instance. I can explain that I physically NEED the peace and quiet, but they can't relate.

What I do understand is that people need love and acceptance. And that loneliness and rejection are very painful.