The silent thousand-yard-stare works quite well too, I'm told. If you can't feasibly "escape," I dunno. The goal is to let people know that bigoted language cannot fly anymore. Ruin the illusion that you're cool with it and will laugh it off/let it go.
What I'm most worried about is outing myself. I've been told that half my family does know I'm bi, but I've got one uncle, and aunt, and and in-law who are horrible homophobic garbage people and LOUD about it. So far, no one else has spoken up on my behalf. Not a single time. I've locked myself in the bathroom to cry at the last few family gatherings.
Oh, and that one uncle? One time I tried to just leave the conversation and go in another room FOLLOWED me and tried to corner me into getting into it with him. So--fuck them. If they won't be nice to me, I don't care anymore. I can't afford to. The White House is being filled with people who are dedicated to stripping my rights away RIGHT NOW. This isn't the time to play nice.
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What I'm most worried about is outing myself. I've been told that half my family does know I'm bi, but I've got one uncle, and aunt, and and in-law who are horrible homophobic garbage people and LOUD about it. So far, no one else has spoken up on my behalf. Not a single time. I've locked myself in the bathroom to cry at the last few family gatherings.
Oh, and that one uncle? One time I tried to just leave the conversation and go in another room FOLLOWED me and tried to corner me into getting into it with him. So--fuck them. If they won't be nice to me, I don't care anymore. I can't afford to. The White House is being filled with people who are dedicated to stripping my rights away RIGHT NOW. This isn't the time to play nice.