LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[BelovedBirds]

It sucks to say this, but your safety always comes first, so if you don't feel comfortable coming out wait until you feel safe doing so. It doesn't make you any less you. Unfortunately this world is still pretty unsafe for some of us

I think worst case scenario, kicked out. Best case scenario, mild emotional abuse. So either way, I wouldn't feel that safe unless I had something to fall back on


I get what you're saying, it sucks that sometimes it's best not to come out

 

[froggyphore]

I'm pretty sure this is the best thread to ask this question, because you know, plant person=LGBTQIA+ . So, do any of you keep houseplants?

My mine hobby aside from poultry is houseplants!

I've lost count but I think I have a little over a hundred. I actually just got some Oxalis at the grocery yesterday to help replace the collection I lost in a squirrel attack last year I also got some Azalea that were on sale, I've been wanting to get into bonsai and they seem like decent starter stock.

 

[froggyphore]

p.s., sorry for interrupting a serious conversation with something lighthearted I skipped a few pages back from latest and forgot to check it before posting.

 

[BelovedBirds]

p.s., sorry for interrupting a serious conversation with something lighthearted I skipped a few pages back from latest and forgot to check it before posting.

Don't worry! Lighthearted is always a welcome change lol

 

[Sally PB]

Perhaps, I probably won't until I at least have a new home lined up, to be safe if worst comes to worst.

This might be a good idea. I worked with a young man who was living with his parents, and they kicked him out when they learned he was gay. He had 3 days to get out.

They went through his room and found something (he didn't say what). He came home from work on Thursday, and was told to be gone by Sunday.

Please be safe. And you can come here anytime if you want to talk.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Sometimes I don't understand people. You're supposed to love your child no matter what.
Hearing that a lot of people get kicked out just for being gay or bi always hurts my heart.

I will forever be grateful that my parents always told my brothers and I that as long as we were happy, that was all that mattered to them.

 

[BelovedBirds]

This might be a good idea. I worked with a young man who was living with his parents, and they kicked him out when they learned he was gay. He had 3 days to get out.

They went through his room and found something (he didn't say what). He came home from work on Thursday, and was told to be gone by Sunday.

Please be safe. And you can come here anytime if you want to talk.

Thank you

 

[BelovedBirds]

Sometimes I don't understand people. You're supposed to love your child no matter what.
Hearing that a lot of people get kicked out just for being gay or bi always hurts my heart.

I will forever be grateful that my parents always told my brothers and I that as long as we were happy, that was all that mattered to them.

I don't want kids, but if I change my mind- they will be so incredibly loved, no matter who they are or who they love.

 

[Sally PB]

Sometimes I don't understand people. You're supposed to love your child no matter what.
Hearing that a lot of people get kicked out just for being gay or bi always hurts my heart.

I will forever be grateful that my parents always told my brothers and I that as long as we were happy, that was all that mattered to them.

My MIL disowned my husband (and me too) because we...

bought a puppy from a breeder. Instead of adopting from a shelter.

Sometimes parents want you to be happy and "think for yourself" until you think differently from them. Yes, us buying a puppy (from a good breeder, not a puppy mill, and we really loved the breed) was enough to make her never talk to us again.

SMH.

I never had kids, but I would have accepted and loved them for who they were.

 

[BelovedBirds]

My MIL disowned my husband (and me too) because we...

bought a puppy from a breeder. Instead of adopting from a shelter.

Sometimes parents want you to be happy and "think for yourself" until you think differently from them. Yes, us buying a puppy (from a good breeder, not a puppy mill, and we really loved the breed) was enough to make her never talk to us again.

SMH.

I never had kids, but I would have accepted and loved them for who they were.

I'm an advocate for shelters and I'm not keen on breeding, but I can't imagine being so set in that that I'd disown someone???
Both of my siblings have done this, I actually ended up with one of the dogs in fact, she needed a new home. I never even voiced my opinion on the matter of them being from a breeder, let alone anything more!
That's actually insane