Plus side of having LGBT parents is sometimes family gatherings at their place is just the queer family members, some of which don’t show up to the larger family gatherings. Its not always the case though and my parents are MAGA lesbians, but most of the rest of the family are further right than my parents and them hosting keeps away the worst of the worst.
Yeah I’m reeling at the phrase ‘MAGA lesbians’. Just a wild concept that, unfortunately, doesn’t surprise me like it used to. My dad went from a pro-union man who moved out of West Virginia and despised the coal mines and their benefactors to sucking MAGA hose water by the gallon. Used to roll his eyes at trickle down economics and called my mother a moron for voting for Bush.
I wish you the best and hope the cult ends with a peaceful and disappointing fizzle (and anyone in charge/positions of power or authority gets the old testament treatment they’ve been begging for others) and that everyone gets their loved ones back that want them back
My mom has gotten worse over the years, especially since retiring. She used to refuse to support republicans solely because of LGBT+ issues despite otherwise mostly agreeing with them, but I think she may have voted for trump in the most recent election. She mostly buys into the “republicans = good for stock market” and “democrats = steal all your money” meme rather than being a true believer at least. She’ll also repeat like obviously dog-whistle-laden talking points, but I don’t think she really realized how racist they are and how they don’t actually fit into her broader beliefs.
Also, she may struggle a lot with internalized transphobia, so honestly I feel far worse for her than I do for myself. Most of the time she tries to be transphobic to me (which she doesn’t do often), she ends up being really affirming on accident and then says she’d like to transition the other way.
My other mom is more of the traditional MAGA type. Overtly racist (but doesn’t say the n-word, so she doesn’t think she’s racist). OTOH, I don’t think I’ve ever heard her be transphobic and she’s one of the first people to ask me if I considered myself trans.
Plus side of having LGBT parents is sometimes family gatherings at their place is just the queer family members, some of which don’t show up to the larger family gatherings. Its not always the case though and my parents are MAGA lesbians, but most of the rest of the family are further right than my parents and them hosting keeps away the worst of the worst.
Yeah I’m reeling at the phrase ‘MAGA lesbians’. Just a wild concept that, unfortunately, doesn’t surprise me like it used to. My dad went from a pro-union man who moved out of West Virginia and despised the coal mines and their benefactors to sucking MAGA hose water by the gallon. Used to roll his eyes at trickle down economics and called my mother a moron for voting for Bush.
I wish you the best and hope the cult ends with a peaceful and disappointing fizzle (and anyone in charge/positions of power or authority gets the old testament treatment they’ve been begging for others) and that everyone gets their loved ones back that want them back
My mom has gotten worse over the years, especially since retiring. She used to refuse to support republicans solely because of LGBT+ issues despite otherwise mostly agreeing with them, but I think she may have voted for trump in the most recent election. She mostly buys into the “republicans = good for stock market” and “democrats = steal all your money” meme rather than being a true believer at least. She’ll also repeat like obviously dog-whistle-laden talking points, but I don’t think she really realized how racist they are and how they don’t actually fit into her broader beliefs.
Also, she may struggle a lot with internalized transphobia, so honestly I feel far worse for her than I do for myself. Most of the time she tries to be transphobic to me (which she doesn’t do often), she ends up being really affirming on accident and then says she’d like to transition the other way.
My other mom is more of the traditional MAGA type. Overtly racist (but doesn’t say the n-word, so she doesn’t think she’s racist). OTOH, I don’t think I’ve ever heard her be transphobic and she’s one of the first people to ask me if I considered myself trans.
My thought to reconcile it was all the counter culture.
Oof, that’s gotta be tough, I’m sorry