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How to live with homophobic parents?

I'm an in the closet lesbian and because I'm still in my teenage years I live with my parents. Unfortunately they are homophobic and tend to express that they will kick me out if I were gay. My school knows about it all but they got me to do counselling which I hate so I have requested to stop. I self harm as well and I don't really plan on stopping so is there any other ideas anyone has as to how to overcome this obstacle? Thanks, Jahs.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Sorry for this but I have to say this I soo don't get people like you. Like I have supper homophobic parents. I lived in the closet till grade 12, when my dad found out and he send me to the army, separated me from my girlfriend. I had to break a rule to get out. I came back home asked my gf to marry me and we moved away, but even there life sucked. Being gay sucks and yeah life isn't fair but hurting yourself is SO STUPID, like tell me what are you getting out of this. What feeling sad for yourself? Me and my wife lost a child and after all that sh*t life I don't harm myself. Instead I keep my head up and pull through. So you have tone of choices hide or come out which both are fine but just PLEASE stop with the whole harming thing, it's not pretty and pointless. Parents are only in your life till you are 18 after that you are free do what ever you want be YOU, move away from them. But for now just act "normal"

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Just set yourself up to live your own life without them. That means making good grades and taking more responsibility for yourself. Set some goals on what you want to do in life and go for it. You can go the other way and sit around feeling sorry for yourself and become a dead head.

  • 7 years ago

    Guess what? I'm training to be a counsellor and happen to be a lesbian.

    By the sounds of it, your parents already suspect, if as you say they 'tend to express' about how they would react if you were gay.

    I do actually understand how horrible it is to be frightened to be who you are and how depressed you feel when you're having, what is basically your rights taken away, just because you like a different gender.

    The end result is up to you. As previous comments state, you could just wait until you are 18 and know that what your'e going through won't be forever, or because you're someone they love, they might actually soften. This is weird, but I have recently been taught this in my college course... (about if they're mentioning it, they probably already suspect and are goading you and how when its family, sometimes people are different) But of course, you know your parents best and what kind of personalities they have. Up to you.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Just remind them that THEY made you!! Maybe they'll start to hate themselves instead of hating you!!!

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    The only thing you can do is tolerate them and don't come out until you're 18. Once you're 18, get a job and get out of your house. Your parents will never change and they won't accept you as a lesbian.

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