Hello from southern Arkansas

[richhix56]

Hi.  My name is Richard. I am 57 and I am from a town in southern Arkansas 30 miles from Louisiana. I am 100 miles from any big city. Ugh. I do not have any friends where I live. To me it seems like gay people are either very secluded or deeply closeted.  In this area there is no sense of a the lgbtq+ community which is very sad to say at the least.  I am out to some family members but my 77 year old dad I am not even close to that conversation. I believe my family has known from a early age that I was different from other guys.  I do not know how to even go about having this conversation with him. He is very conservative and makes derogative comments about gays and even blacks for that matter. I have to depend on him to a certain extent.

I did not mean to go into this for my open introduction. it is just weighing on my mind.

I am glad I found this forum and glad to be here. I hope to make solid connections as well as be apart of discussions posted in this forum.

Thanks,
Richard