How does one deal with not being straight?

Uhm In my case, the people around me finding out isn't really avoidable. I won't throw a party or anything like that, I wouldn't even post it on social media. Only my close circle of friends and my parents and siblings would hear it from me. If I could prevent a few of those people I'm avoiding from knowing, I would because I really don't have the patience to deal with them and their remarks. One way or another things leak around here, then suddenly you'll have a neighbour or some supermarket guy telling you "you need Jesus" because you're not straight. "Stay away from my family, you're a bad influence etc." "Let her go. You don't need someone like that in the office etc." If they don't hear it from me, they're gonna realize it when they see who I date now that I'm home :(

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