How am I supposed to come out to my parents?

Paint a mural on their house in the middle of the night.
Hang a sign from their bedroom window in the night.
Send them ally Hill's coming out music video.

 

Have your parents ever voiced their opinions about LGBT people? There's two things to consider: First they are your parents, and my hope is they will always love you for who you are, and secondly, how religion would influence their feelings for you.

Also, there's no rush or deadline to come out. You don't have to open up to anybody until you are ready.

 

Don't have any idea about it sorry.

 

Hey! I am religious as well (my father is not) and recently I have been visiting a website dedicated to understanding God better and one article said that God appreciated and loved all people,despite their sexuality. I can link you the article if you want to.

 

I'm an athiest myself, but I respect people of all religious faiths. My concern for the OP is that the situation depends on his parents ideology and may depend on how rigid or intransigent they may be in their beliefs. I have several friends who are Catholic parents and they are very progressive in their views around around homosexuality and women's rights. They are able to challenge the teachings of the church and glean from the bible what they feel is fair and just in our society.

On the other hand, there are a number of fundamentalists who still refuse to accept the rights of women and gays, citing old, antiquated passeges and applying them with literal interpretations. I've met several people in my life who quoted passages from the bible to justify their own homophobia. For example:

"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)."

In my own experience, when people are set in their firm interpretations of religions that deny rights to others, it can be difficult to persuade them to alter their oerspective. In addition, sometimes religious beliefs can be used as a means to justify hatred and discrimination. It would take more than an article to turn them around.

For these reasons, I really think the OP should know first how his parents view homosexuality in relation to their religious beliefs prior to making any decisions about discussing it with them..

 

If they go to a church you could ask them which, go there, and talk to a pastor about the churches views on homosexuality. Then, hopefully if the church is accepting, arrange to tell them shortly after a positive sermon on the topic.

 

This is an improper translation of Leviticus because there is no context, but I guess people don't care that Leviticus was written as a list of acts that should not be practiced because they were acts of pagan worship, and therefore extremely biased in terms of moral influence.

1st Corinthians is entirely mistranslated from latin, and translated by a scholar it means entirely different things, as does the old testament (they describes pedophiles and rapists in that order in the most commonly used quotations to justify prejudice against homosexual people).

 

Which is exactly why the OP needs to get a better handle on his parents' interpretations of the bible before coming out to them. People often interpret religious beliefs to reflect and justify their own personal views.

 

Religion definitely makes this a difficult and complicated conversation, but I wanted to share my personal experience. First, I was shocked at how quick and painless it was to tell my parents that I was gay. Took me 30 seconds tops to spit it out. My dad was cooking dinner in the next room and I just called him in and said it. Lots of tears. But the thing that struck me, my mom grabbed my hand and apologized for saying homophobic things in the past. Without missing a beat. Without thinking about it. I think deep down she always knew, so she also was aware that her comments were hurtful.

My biggest thing in telling them was reminding them of our close bond and how we were such a close family. Those things will never change.

Good luck!