Budge gave us some coping strategies we can _all_ use during moments of holiday stress and family by Strange Fruit A person might come out as queer to their family, only for the response to be silence, and an unwillingness to acknowledge their identity.ĭr.
She said while some families do overtly antagonistic things (like using the wrong pronoun for trans folks, yelling, or refusing to let their LGBTQ family member bring a partner to holiday functions), what she hears about the most is simply ignoring. This week, we're re-posting a conversation we had around this time last year, with () from UofL, who teaches workshops on coping with the holidays as an LGBTQ person. For some LGBTQ people, Christmas also means deciding whether to go home to a family who doesn't fully embrace them.
Strange Fruit #59: Going Home Gay for the Holidays: Even under the best of circumstances, the holidays can be stressful.
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