There is, some of my friends had rough times about it. Disowned, kicked to the street then and there. There is a sterotype because it is bad, and I don’t live in the deep south.

My father isn’t really in the picture and thankfully my mom is an odd old sort of conservative where she believes thats a personal behing closed doors sort of deal between a person, thier partners and god. She dislikes the whole coming out type of stuff but its because she says that should be kept to oneself, that its nobody’s business and perverted to concern yourself with someones sexual preferences and to proclaim your sexual preferences. Its almost funny, shes held the same beliefs all her life, been staunchly republican all the while but now people are starting to call her liberal. When it came up she said “Okay, that’s your business”

Something that helped me was knowing in the bible it says it is Gods job to judge people, not anyone elses, that you should not judge a person for sin but treat them equally. No matter what anyone says they think God believes, he said if they cast hatred in their hearts they are sinners.

Good luck to you, and to anyone else struggling. May you find peace and happiness in your life.