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Mother-in-law: "Remember [megachurch they used to attend]? They shut down due to lack of money. :("
Spouse and sib-in-law: [all but throwing a party about it]
Spouse and sib-in-law: [all but throwing a party about it]
Shoutout to me, I was holding too many things at once and accidentally hit "play music" on my phone.
So it did. It played "Demons are a Girl's Best Friend".
At full volume.
In front of my Catholic neighbors.
So it did. It played "Demons are a Girl's Best Friend".
At full volume.
In front of my Catholic neighbors.
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The boss who fought tooth and nail to get HR to acknowledge my transness and change my name (and failed because HR was a bunch of cissexist jerks, but that's a story for a different day) was also extremely racist and would not have done nearly as much for me if she'd known I was mixed.
The teacher/coach who helped me work through some of my horrible depression was very openly one of those Catholics who despises queer people, and would not have helped if she'd known I was trans.
The psychiatrist who helped me get antipsychotics that allowed me to stabilize myself was disdainful of addicts; if she'd known I'd been one, she would not have prescribed anything to me.
You either die closeted or live long enough to see all of your heroes disown you, I guess.
The teacher/coach who helped me work through some of my horrible depression was very openly one of those Catholics who despises queer people, and would not have helped if she'd known I was trans.
The psychiatrist who helped me get antipsychotics that allowed me to stabilize myself was disdainful of addicts; if she'd known I'd been one, she would not have prescribed anything to me.
You either die closeted or live long enough to see all of your heroes disown you, I guess.
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The Catholic church does not allow religious burials for Catholics who die by suicide, unless the Vatican has given a special dispensation for it because "they weren't in their right mind".
But, uh. Listen. Most people who die by suicide are doing it because they have a really, really bad mental illness that's messing with their brain. Isn't that, like, the definition of not being in your right mind?
But, uh. Listen. Most people who die by suicide are doing it because they have a really, really bad mental illness that's messing with their brain. Isn't that, like, the definition of not being in your right mind?
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Me: "The good news is that, if we went with your parents' idea of a wedding, you'd finally get excommunicated."
Partner: "The bad news is that I'd probably get disowned."
Partner: "The bad news is that I'd probably get disowned."
My mother-in-law bought a muscle car and intends to put racing stripes and stuff on it.
So yeah. Imagine this little old Catholic lady with a penchant for drama and a serious need to control people driving around in a convertible.
So yeah. Imagine this little old Catholic lady with a penchant for drama and a serious need to control people driving around in a convertible.
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My partner and I were both raised in very "no sex until marriage" families (theirs was Catholic, mine was secular and conservative).
We had sex at the first available opportunity, more than six years before we got around to inviting the government into our relationship.
We had sex at the first available opportunity, more than six years before we got around to inviting the government into our relationship.
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This year, our city's Pride Parade is on Pentecost.
I'm sure the local Catholic community will be thrilled.
I'm sure the local Catholic community will be thrilled.
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Fun things to search for online: "how to tell Catholic parents that we're queer" and other adventures in Heterosexist Bullshit.
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If I have an X as my gender marker, which binary gender am I allowed to marry according to the Catholic church?!?!?!?! IS MY RELATIONSHIP SANCTIONED BY THE POPE OR NOT?
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