Getting the "oh why don't you just grow out your hairrrr?" talk from my family again.

Me: "Queer visibility is important."

Dad: "Do you have to be... *so*... visible?"

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It's just like *big eyeroll*. We've been having this discussion for, like, eight years. They're mostly supportive, just still so weirdly uncomfortable with my queerness.

@Sparrow sigh

that reminds me, need to talk with my parents about how to Handle my extended family over the holidays ...

@mxsparks

Eek, that's a Big Thing. I wish you all of the luck, resilience, and warmth to get through that interaction.

I'm in a weird place where I'm more "out" with some of my extended family than my immediate. My parents think I'm a lesbian, but a few cousins and my gay uncle know I'm nonbinary.

@Sparrow 💙 thanks

and all the same to you -- the long haul is Tough

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