Sep 22, 2011 2:00 AM GMT
Hey everyone,
Well, you can probably guess from the title that I am Persian, well half anyway. Few months ago I came out to my dad (whom i've hated for years and never really got along with..only reason i told him is because he asked). He looked at me like I was literally possessed and asked me why I was gay and asked if anything inappropriate happened to me when i was younger to feel that way. Oh! Then had the nerve to say he 'accepts' it but doesnt 'approve' of it and its a sin.
Fucked up right? So, I am pretty sure he told the rest of my Persian family and they stopped contacting me. So I feel like because I came out, I literally gave up half my family and half my heritage.
So, I was wondering if there was anyone else here that is Persian, or I guess Middle Eastern in general, that had an easier 'coming out' story or if my case is a typical one.
Well, you can probably guess from the title that I am Persian, well half anyway. Few months ago I came out to my dad (whom i've hated for years and never really got along with..only reason i told him is because he asked). He looked at me like I was literally possessed and asked me why I was gay and asked if anything inappropriate happened to me when i was younger to feel that way. Oh! Then had the nerve to say he 'accepts' it but doesnt 'approve' of it and its a sin.
Fucked up right? So, I am pretty sure he told the rest of my Persian family and they stopped contacting me. So I feel like because I came out, I literally gave up half my family and half my heritage.
So, I was wondering if there was anyone else here that is Persian, or I guess Middle Eastern in general, that had an easier 'coming out' story or if my case is a typical one.