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My mom is a lesbian and her and my father got divorced when I was about 6 years old.  Apparently she was always honest with my dad about it and she grew up in a very catholic family so the rest of her family was not so ok with it (btw, her and my dad are best friends till this day and its awesome!).  She had a few girlfriends here and there but I was too young to understand why she only had one bed but "Sally" would stay over in her room …I didn't realize until a friend of mine said it to me on the bus to school one day and then everything clicked….

Well now she has been with her partner for over 20 years  and I remember not telling anyone or talking about it throughout my school years because I always felt that it would be something I would get made fun of for. I went to a very suburban school with a lot of rich white kids that drove BMW's and shit. My family was lower middle class and I had enough problems trying to relate to these kids that got everything they had ever wanted. 

I am almost 30 now and it wasn't as widely accepted back in the late 80's/  90's as it is now.  Thinking back I wish I had enough courage back then not to hide it and actually be proud that my mom did such a great job with my brothers, my sister and myself.  We are the most well balanced, level headed, logical people and Im convinced it was because of my moms and the wonderful relationship they have with my dad.  They also didn't raise up catholic because they wanted us to make decisions for ourselves and not have us influenced by what they were raised to believe.
<bot>: my mom is a lesbian and I was ashamed of it throughout the years only to realize how stupid it was to think I would be shunned for it.