Hi Bianca,

It can be pretty hard when it doesn’t feel like your parents are listening to you or taking you seriously and even harder, I think, when you are trying to talk to them about who you are and how you feel. I think that you have the right to feel good about whomever you are attracted to. Sometimes it is hard for parents to really hear things when they don’t necessarily understand everything that is involved; it is possible that your parents may have a hard time taking what you say seriously because they might not know what it really means to not be straight. Sometimes information can help; some good resources that you might find some information to share with you parents are P-10 (Project10) and Jeunesse Lambda. While I don’t necessarily think that who you are attracted to and what gender(s) those people are is something you have to discuss at length with your parents, if you do feel that it is something you want to talk about with them, it might help if they had more of an understanding to work with. Talking to parents about things like this isn’t always easy and it is possible that they may be confused or react in a way you are not expecting, but it is also possible they will be receptive. Either way, I think you are brave for trying to talk about this with you parents.

Good luck, and thank you for your question.

- S., for AlterHeros