A Not-Always-Happy Holidays

[sparkindarkness]

The holiday season is always stressful, but I think for a lot of LGBT people it has a greater chance of being full of badness or being full of more badness. It occurred to me over the weekend when several friends and I ran round to another LGBT friend’s house as an emergency “it’s not all shit” party to remind him he had family, even if not in the

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[tattooofhername]

There is a reason I'm staying with adopted family this year instead of my own. It's only half about the expense and airports being meat grinders at this time of year.

[twicet]

I really hope the year will come and soon, where your post will no longer be your reality.

[northwestmagpie]

People who insist that every member of the LGBT family should be "out and proud" have never had to deal with the toxic waste that biological family can be. The only people I am out to are those I trust, and biological relatives are not in that group.

If not for my living situation, I'd be hosting an orphans' Thanksgiving and Christmas every year, but the home I live in is not mine alone (or my partner's, for that matter). But there are friends of mine who need a place to be that isn't fraught with, "So, still queer?" and other poisonous jabs - or just the need to pretend they haven't found the right man/woman.

Wishing you and Beloved, and those you love and take care of in your way, a beautiful Christmas despite the bitter reality your biological relatives and most of society present.