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Why coming out feels like double apostasy

I finally told my parents I'm gay and they said they'd rather I had told them I was dying because at least then they'd know I was going to heaven.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sexual orientation disclosure can simultaneously challenge religious doctrine and family belonging in ways that feel existentially threatening to all parties.

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