[@McHaggis]

I didn't realise your custom title until I made that post. :lol A bit of a ditz I guess I am.

And ahh. I usually just use "effeminate/feminine vs butchy/masculine", but I've had people snort at me and call me a pansy for "being a scared wuss in case you offend anyone". Idk. Neurotic I am, maybe.

Even now, my anxiety about offending has switched on my Yoda talk.

For me, as an Asian (Chinese by race, not nationality), I've received really unsavoury reactions from my own family. The worst response was from my birth mother, who threatened to shove me into a mental institution. Luckily, I'm adopted and was just visiting her for a week once every few years. For my foster mom, she refuses to hear any of it (denial), and for my foster dad, he just chuckles nervously. Then again, he also chuckled nervously when I said I don't mind if my future spouse is a non-Asian. Maybe it's an Asian thing??

I remember coming out as bisexual in school around eighth grade, and was ostracised. The teacher then had a special request from the principal (sigh) to educate the kids. Basically she used words like "mutation", "Americanised", and "phase". I feel bad for queer kids in my school that may be closeted.

Strangely enough it never depressed me. Just annoyed.

As for your coming out, it always makes me happy to know there are cool parents and that they're not some [b][i]mythic urban legend.[/i][/b]