So usually I can take things pretty well, sure it hurts but I get over it quickly. It’s just that we had a family get together, meaning I already knew I would have to face this shit but my cousins have started to really use homophobic slurs and using gay as an insult in basically ever sentence and i wish I was exaggerating. They also use stuff that just make me uncomfortable like being racist, using disabilities as insults and making fun of people who don’t identify as cisgender. Even though it isn’t aimed at me it just makes me feel uncomfortable.

I’m still closeted but I’ve come out to one of them and she was fine but she still uses these things as insults. Like she always uses gay as an insult and calls people fags.

Like I said usually I’m used to it and I can still take a joke, I even sometimes joke to my supportive friends about me being Bi but it isn’t mean, just joke-ish.

It’s just that since it’s happening so much and my parents also do this stuff I just feel upset right now.

Writing this and just letting it out feels good but I was wondering if anyone has some ways to cheer up after these things happen.