How to Deal with Homophobic Family
Talk your relatives about their homophobia.. Help your family understand what homophobia is.. Participate in a civil discussion with close-minded relatives.
Steps
Talk your relatives about their homophobia.
Talk your relatives about their homophobia.
Help your family understand what homophobia is.
Help your family understand what homophobia is.
Participate in a civil discussion with close-minded relatives.
Participate in a civil discussion with close-minded relatives.
Call out your family if they use homophobic insults.
Call out your family if they use homophobic insults.
Come out only if you feel safe and supported.
Come out only if you feel safe and supported.
Don't come out if you don't feel safe doing so.
Don't come out if you don't feel safe doing so.
Plan how your coming out conversation will go.
Plan how your coming out conversation will go.
Confide in trusted friends and relatives.
Confide in trusted friends and relatives.
Hint to your relatives and see how they react.
Hint to your relatives and see how they react.
Come out
Come out
Give your family time to adjust to the news.
Give your family time to adjust to the news.
Don't take their initial reactions personally.
Don't take their initial reactions personally.
Create a back-up plan for yourself if you don't want to stay at home.
Create a back-up plan for yourself if you don't want to stay at home.
Set some money aside so you can move out.
Set some money aside so you can move out.
Lean on your friends if things get tough.
Lean on your friends if things get tough.
Contact a charity or community group if you need a place to stay.
Contact a charity or community group if you need a place to stay.
Meet with a counselor if your family is hurtful or abusive.
Meet with a counselor if your family is hurtful or abusive.
Call the police if you're being physically abused.
Call the police if you're being physically abused.
Dial a support line if you need a listening ear.
Dial a support line if you need a listening ear.
Join an online support group for encouragement.
Join an online support group for encouragement.
Chat with other LGBTQ individuals in your life.
Chat with other LGBTQ individuals in your life.
Spend time around more open-minded family members.
Spend time around more open-minded family members.
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