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I Am Struggling With My Sexuality

Im sixteen and well Ive had feelings for dudes for awhile, and have recently accepted that im gay. while i have a faint attraction for females it faint so its hard to say if im bi or gay. my problem is i was raised in a christian household and my whole life while everyone made fun of me because of they way i acted or how i prefered to sit inside instead of play in the mud and they called called me gay. and yet they constantly told me how wrong it was. but as i grew up and realized my growing atraction for dudes, i tried everything i could to change it because of it. needless to say the harder i tried the more my attraction grew. now im an in the closet sixteen year old and some people are starting to realize that i actually am gay or bi. my struggle right now is that the Bible is so against it. i was raised and still am a devoted Christian and active member of my church but this is my current hurdle. and the recent legalization of gay marraige across the country (which i fully support by the way) brought the argument front and center and ended up confusing me more. im trying to figure out what to do and cant exactly ask the adults in my life as they dont share my support. i cant change it even though i tried and yet im told constantly that its wrong and the whole thing drags me down a dark hole of insecurity and stuff. add this to the fact that i still have to come out to everyone (but thats a hurdle for later, hopefully). anyone got ideas/suggestions/advice?
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cholaloca
Be true to yourself. It is not sinful or wrong. A loving parent does not try to raise you to be their version of perfect... A loving parent will take you, know you are flawed and will perhaps be nothing like them and decide that you are WORTHY of being loved. And you are! Being gay or bisexual isn't an imperfection it's actually just a small part of who you are. We are more than our sexual interests.
As for your faith, I can't help much. I do want to be disrespectful but I just don't believe in any of what Christianity has to offer. Christianity makes people fill their lives with shame. Shame is a monster and it grows with silence and judgment. Take a class on world religions and learn about her other religions are and how much more empathetic and accepting people are in other parts of the world. It will change your life.