I cut my parents off after the election

I found my Dad’s X account a few days before the election and was horrified by what I discovered. Many of his retweets were full of racist / homophobic / transphobic rhetoric. I knew he was conservative and voted republican, but had no idea his beliefs were full of such wrath and hate. For support, I posted my findings of his very public account on my social media which (unsurprising to me) angered most of my family members.

In a group text text to 12 of my family members my Dad assigned the blame to me for sharing his account on social media and insisted I only did it because I am an unhappy person and am in need of everyone’s prayers. Before I left the chat, my older sister said she was incredibly angry and disappointed in me and 100 percent agreed with my Dad. An uncle chimed in too saying, “Family should never be attacked in public.”

Since then, I haven’t heard a peep from any of them. My other sister got married and I found out about it on social media with the rest of the world. I have no regrets, but this feeling is super weird. Nobody is talking about my Dad’s horrible tweets, which tells me they are all okay with his beliefs? On top of that, I am a lesbian, which makes it even worse. Oof.

My birthday is in a few days and I don’t expect to hear from any of them. It’s absolutely wild going from Golden Child to Black Sheep in a matter of days. All because I exposed my Dad for the person he really is. Yikes.

Again, I have no regrets. Thank you all for being here, and thank you for reading about my experience, if you made it this far. Sending support and warm hugs to you all. ❤️