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Dreamsoldier76 (12 posts) I Need to Share ThisI am a Progressive Vegetarian Feminist Gay American. I grew up in what I can only define as a toxic family. My father hates everyone regardless of politics, my mother is a high school drop out born again Baptist Christian and my siblings (brother and sister) both grew up to be born again Baptist Christian Republicans. My parents are divorced and my mother remarried her first husband, an alcoholic racist gay bashing child abusing prick. By the time I hit puberty I had no self esteem and in high school attempted to commit suicide because I felt totally alone and was surrounded by gay bashing religious fanatics (my father is violently anti-gay). You would think people would learn something after they nearly drive a teen to kill himself but no they all became a thousand times worse and by the time I was 17 I was completely on my own and severely traumatized. Some people think that after you come out that things get better but a lot of GLBTQ people like me live in severe poverty, although somehow I managed to go to college in Oregon. Even now in my thirties my family is even more anti-gay, Republican, racist, anti-feminist, and extremely cruel. I take some of the highest prescribed doses of anti depressants and anti anxiety medication because I have been diagnosed with PTSD and Major Depression Disorder. Although I have a biological family I feel very much like an orphan. I cannot trust any of them not even my mother who lies constantly to me about not being a bigot and continues to try and force feed her religion to me and has no respect for me. I tried being a part of the GLBTQ community but class discrimination, racism and other "isms" are just as common there as anywhere else. The only man I dated that was good to me died, and I am no stranger to abusive men. Being "femme" is often punished by other gay men (a form of sexism). I wanted to share this so that maybe others might learn from it, if it were not for my pets, my therapist, and my medication I would have killed myself a long time ago. I hope no one ever has to suffer my fate but I know that there are others that do and some don't last as long as I do. I am so happy that Obama is President and that GLBTQ civil rights have made advancements and hope someday no one will have to suffer the abuse and discrimination that have polluted my life. I hope someday my life will be something I like and not something I wish would just end, living with mental illness is not fun so if you know anyone that has it be kind and just try to understand how hard it is.http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022925561
class discrimination, racism and other "isms" are just as common there as anywhere else
if it were not for my pets, my therapist, and my medication I would have killed myself a long time ago.
What do you expect when you insist on labeling yourself as a "Progressive Vegetarian Feminist Gay American"?
Mole. Trying too hard.
Being "femme" is often punished by other gay men (a form of sexism).
There's no time like the present.
While this is probably a mole, if it isn't, I don't know why it bothers to continue to inhabit planet earth. Maybe there's a gay planet out there somewhere.Cindie
I am a Progressive Vegetarian Feminist Gay American
Response to Dreamsoldier76 (Original post)Fri May 31, 2013, 02:45 AMKauaiK (177 posts) 9. Ohana"Family" does not have to be biological. In Hawaii there is a concept of Ohana - family - and ha nai which is informal adoption (to raise, rear, feed, nourish, sustain) Ha nai is recognized by the State as having legal rights. You can have DU Ohana that will nourish your soul. DU supports its members and has some of the most wonderful supportive kind-hearted people on the planet. Stay in touch with them.
In Hawaii there is a concept of Ohana
