#negative talks

My mom and 7y/o sister were watching Kipo and a [gasp] gay scene came on. That one with Benson looking at his bae with that pink background and a love song playing in the background. Just two bros looking at each other.

She immediately turned it off and told my sister to not watch it anymore because she disagrees with putting queer themes in cartoons. (She was fine with the show before the scene came on.)

She then put on a Minions movie my sister has seen fifteen times.

The kid is smart and sweet, and she really likes Kipo. We watched season 1 and a bit of season 2 together (I didn't pick, she did) and she liked it.

And you know what's the best thing? She told me a couple of times in the past that she'd be fine with me liking girls and support me no matter what, but then she turns around and says that she thinks that queerness is an ideology, that pride parades should be outlawed, thst gays should keep their orientation to themselves, that aro/ace people are broken, and that trans people should be locked up because there's something wrong with them.

Me: [fucks up a little which makes mom get angry at me]

Me:

Me: [deep breath] OK, that happens. That's a natural part of life. Nothing, like, terrible has happened, just a minor screw-up which made mom more annoyed than straight up angry. I should've known better, but it's OK. People fuck up, there's nothing to stress out about.

My brain: ...

Me: I said, THERE'S NOTHING TO STRESS OUT ABOUT.