Thread:Iggy-and-Mallowmelt/@comment-38091275-20190502115503/@comment-38091275-20190507234749

Glad you came to me about this!

So coming out can be really scary, especially to family. My parents aren't homophobic either, but I was still scared to tell them. I told my mom I was bisexual a few months ago, which I'm not but I thought I was either bi or pan at the time so I went with the easiest explanation. She was supportive and the conversation just moved on. I think the conversation is different for each person, but some ideas for your friend:

-If she doesn't want to look at her parents when saying it, maybe have her get a card with a rainbow on it or something and write a message inside.

-For a funny coming-out, she could have her parents sit in a room with a closet, go into the closet and walk out of it with her parents watching and say "I'm coming out of the closet right now". Or make a cake that says "gay" written in frosting on it, say "you are what you eat!" and then eat a bite of the cake.

-Subtly bring it up in a conversation when it feels right? I was talking to my mom about a Harry Potter-themed summer camp for LGBTQ+ kids run by the director of a Harry Potter theater camp I go to, and asked her if I could go to the LGBTQ+ one because I wasn't straight.

-I'm thinking of some more...let me see...