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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

That teacher should have been fired. You don’t pressure people to come out. They may have their own reasons for not doing so, like not being certain, not having a supportive family, working in a homophobic environment or maybe they just don’t want to be around obnoxious social justice warriors.

My sister used to be like this. She suspected I was gay when I was 17, and would urge me to come out. Because she was "such a good ally". Then my mother ordered her to stop doing that. My mam knew I wasn’t ready. So my sister backed off. My sister is a lot better with it now, because she’s come out as bisexual a few years ago and realises that sexuality is not something people should wear on their sleeves or make a fuss about. She respects my wish to not make a huge deal out of my orientation. But that was after boundaries were laid down.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah, I do think some of it just stems from a lack of empathy or personal experience. Your sister may not have cared you were gay, but it's not all her. There are bigger consequences to accepting sexual orientation than your siblings' opinions 😜

Good for your mom reigning her in, sometimes people just need to back off. Now she knows and she can handle the same situation more wisely. Kind of curious, is she older than you? You came out before she did?

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

She’s younger than me. I came out as gay before she came out as bi, at least I think so. She mentioned being bi in passing when she was 15, but I said nothing, assuming she was going through puberty and never thought about it. Then she told me five years later she is bisexual, and I understood then. Maybe she told our parents before telling me, and didn’t tell me until she was 20 because she thought I knew or realised it wasn’t a big deal. She’s come a long way since.

To be fair to my sister, she was young when she was pressuring me to come out. Still a teenager. When someone is in his or her 30s and bullying a gay person to come out, then that becomes inexcusable.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, kids make mistakes. Adults make choices.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well said.