Am I the only one who doesn't feel the need to 'come out' to family?

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I've told my granny as I tell her anything, but not anyone else. Granny asked that I didn't and I see her reasons why not. (I haven't told the 'rents but then I don't think they care one way or another, I simply don't matter enough to them.) It's rural East Texas Bible Belt (aka Behind the Pine Curtain) so it's best not to. The fact that they're over a thousand miles away anyway makes it extremely unlikely they'll "walk in" on me or something anyway. I can be ironically grateful for all those slut rumors I endured as a teen started by good Christians bearing false witness as they're so prone to do for making it easier to hide my sexuality today.

When I last visited during a horrid Texas heat wave tempers were short and an aunt of mine said it was "suspicious" that I was 28 and not married with kids yet. Being in a bad mood myself I sarcastically asked her for advice being that "you're such an expert, on your third husband and a kid by each one." That changed the direction of that but I'm pretty sure my family knows deep down yet remains in denial about it.

As for you...sounds like you're still a minor in the eyes of the law. It's absurd what parents in America can get away with in doing to their children, including in sending them to abusive Christian homes to straighten them out where you can be beaten, tortured, and even killed (they literally get away with it, though many did have to relocate outside the country after too many deaths). If you're already been sent to a religious school then I'd hope very much for your sake that you remain in the closet, at least until you're 18. Natch, if you depend on your parents to get through college then don't be surprised if they pull the carpet from underneath you if you come out then, too.