Feminism and Diversity

My nephew was out only to a few in the early 90's. He was rejected by his father and my now ex-husband, they insisted it was just a "phase" (I didn't lose touch with him until 2005 that is a long time for it to be just a phase). I supported him and so did my daughter (who came out her senior year in HS '94). I divorced his uncle in 1998 and we lost touch when I moved to Georgia. Last year we reconnected through my daughter on FB and he friended me. He started telling me how he had been cured and wanted to help my daughter and lead her to the path of forgiveness in the lord (his words not mine). We had a few arguments regarding his religion and their wrong-headed beliefs that went nowhere. He de-friended me shortly after that. It truly saddens me that he felt that he had to deny who he was in order for his family to love him. He used to be a very compassionate sweet young man, now he is a full fledged right wing republican just like his uncle and dad.