text: I know it's sucks! I came from the Bible Belt and grew up southern baptist. Now I'm a lesbian and my parents think I've lost my mind. Much less people from the small town I grew up in. It was so toxic. I left after high school graduation and never looked back. More than ten years later I live on the other side of the country and am more "Me" than I ever have been. I've found a wife, friends who support us, jobs where we are out and proud, a community that doesn't care about other people's business...it's amazing. Hang in there. It won't always be that way.