When did you realize that you didn't have a "normal" family?

I'm bisexual, I figured it out around July 2015. It just so happens that my two best friends and an ex friend I used to be really close to also are, and they were the first to know. I'd been hearing about how their families are bigoted and how the two of them who were out still struggled with their acceptance, and the other one is in the closet because she knows her family would disown her for it (as would mine). After a year and a half of exploring the LGBT scene in my very queer-friendly university, I came to the realisation that this is not the norm where I live. While there is still much discrimination against us, it's nowhere near as bad as I thought it was. Turns out my parents are the outliers. Since I've left the faith I've been able to see so many beliefs my family has that are just plain awful, and most people wouldn't believe those things anymore. The worst thing is that we're actually a family of intellectuals; my parents are both classical musicians, my father is an engineer, and pretty much everyone in my extended family is as highly educated as their time period allowed. It's just... well, they're Christians. And Christians will never accept the queers, even their own children. doing so would go against the Scripture, so it's not even on the table. I've been raised to be bigoted against myself, and that is not normal.

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