Do you have any tips to come out as Aroace to parents, because I wanna come out to them but I am nervous to, I do suspect my Dad is homophobic too so that adds to anxiety.
(Also I am sorry sorry I asked your Aroace culture is account this question I accidentally sent it to the wrong account truly sorry -Ghost)
(No worries at all, I decided to answer it here since it's a lot more personal)
I never really came out to my parents, personally. They're both religious and queerphobic, but they are actually okay with me not being interested in dating or marriage, I just never gave them the actual terminology that I use.
You can absolutely express a disinterest in romance/sex/dating/marriage without calling yourself aroace, if that's something you think might work. "I've never been interested in dating, I don't think it's for me" or something like that.
My parents would absolutely not be okay with the fact that I consider myself part of the queer community, but they don't need to know that. They know that I don't have an interest in anyone, and that I likely will never get married or have kids, and that's it. That's all they need to know.
I really wish my parents weren't queerphobic, and that I could just be completely open with them, but I don't think that's something that would ever change.
If you're worried about them being aphobic specifically, you could try to broach the topic first with "hmm, I don't really think I'm interested in dating" and use their reaction there to figure out how to proceed.
I hope everything goes well, and I'm so sorry it took me so long to answer.
