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When family acceptance comes with hurtful language

My elderly father is trying to accept that I'm gay but he keeps saying things like 'I just want you to be normal' and I know he means well but it still stings.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Good intentions can wound when they reveal how far outside of normal you appear to those who love you.

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