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[–]lovelyspearmint 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I haven't had a girlfriend, so I can't comment on that, but most of my family are from a country where the word for 'gay' comes from the word pederast (pedophile), so I haven't come out to them in case they start thinking that a) I'm a pedophile, and b) I'm mentally ill (many still think that it's a mental illness, from conversations I've had with them about the subject). Even though their prime minister is a lesbian, there's still a deeply backwards and religious majority in the country. I mean, if they won't allow men to stand (no sitting in these churches, god help you) with women in church, how can you expect them to accept homosexuality (and bisexuality)?