I'm a black American teenager with an old school family. Most are Christian and think lgbtq are mentally ill and the small percent that are/aren't that do support them. Problem is I don't know how to tell them apart. I recently found out I'm bisexual and it was easy telling friends who are like family to me and who care about me. I told some Christian friends and I'm not sure how they feel about it. But telling family would be difficult because they've depicted me as a straight person and when I was straight, I'd enable it around them just to make them proud. Now it feels a lot different and I just don't know what to do since my family is unpredictable and crazy.
#I need help.
muted nest
atomic light
Try telling the people In your family that support lgbtq that you trust most it, wouldn't be the best idea to go to the people who don't support lgbtq because they might over react. And from what I've been told plus past experience it would probably go better telling someone that you trust and that wouldn't disregard your feelings and put you out there to much.
dusky kettle
In terms of gauging who’s supportive and who isn’t, I’d try and keep mental notes on what you hear from family members about things they say/have said relating to lgbtq/lgbtq topics.
If someone goes on a half hour rant on how all gay people are gonna burn in hell, probably a good indication not to tell them. And unless you are discrete enough to not make it look suspicious (which I’m not) see if you can bring it up to see reactions without making yourself look weird
It might get tiring, but unless anyone else can think of something better, that’s all I’ve got