One of my closest friends from my early 20s was a gay man from a very traditional Greek Orthodox family. He tried to stay close, but it was always a strain to try to make peace with them. He struggled with addiction, and eventually lost the battle when he had no choice but to live with them. 7/_

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In the early aughts I went to work at an LGBTrights group. Several of my mentors and colleagues were the product of family estrangement one point oh. Kicked out of their homes for being gay. Refugees from conservatism and religious orthodoxy who found family in blue cities and queer spaces. 4/_

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"Families torn apart when adult children decide to go 'no contact'" Duh, that was the point.

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They're cutting off parents for things as small as being horrendously awful parents

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Well, fuck that guy.

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