This man was excited to host his family’s Christmas gathering at him and his boyfriend’s new home
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The majority of LGBT+ individuals still face discrimination today
While it can be painful to keep Christmas presents from loved ones who you were excited to spoil this holiday season, no one is entitled to gifts. That’s why the naughty list exists, after all, and I’m pretty sure Santa would not be okay with homophobia. Despite the fact thatover 7%of adults in the United States identify as LGBTQ+, discrimination against queer people has still not been eradicated.
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Nearly half of the members of the gay community are estranged from at least one relative
It’s heartbreaking enough that non-straight people experience hate and violence anywhere, but unfortunately, this discrimination often doesn’t even end at home. One2023 surveyof 3,695 LGBT adults between the ages of 18 and 25 in the UK found that 46% of them are estranged from at least one relative, and nearly a third noted that they’re unsure if their parents or guardians would actually accept them as they are.
Although62% of adultsin the US now say that they would be comfortable with one of their children coming out to them as gay, there are still 13% of adults who say they would not be comfortable with having a queer child at all. Nearly one in five parents also admit that they wouldn’t be comfortable if their child wanted to start using they/them pronouns.
It’s important to teach children from a young age that homophobia is no laughing matter
While parents might be tempted to ignore or avoid the topic of homosexuality, it’s important to normalize it from a young age, or it may become stigmatized in young people’s minds. If they’ve never seen or heard about gay people until they’re teens, they might consider them to be strange. Or worse, they might be downright hateful towards them. And for young queer people trying to understand their own identities, it can be extremely confusing to never have your own feelings acknowledged and validated.
The man later responded to a couple of replies from readers and shared additional information on the situation
Readers assured the uncle that he did nothing wrong and sent messages of support to him and his boyfriend
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