{"id":5829,"date":"2019-01-24T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T00:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5829"},"modified":"2019-01-25T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T21:36:18","slug":"how-can-i-overcome-my-homophobic-parents-so-they-can-get-to-know-my-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/01\/24\/how-can-i-overcome-my-homophobic-parents-so-they-can-get-to-know-my-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I overcome my homophobic parents so they can get to know my girlfriend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5828\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aw012419-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5828\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aw012419-5-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"How can I overcome my homophobic parents so they can get to know my girlfriend?\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aw012419-5-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aw012419-5.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How can I overcome my homophobic parents so they can get to know my girlfriend?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You should try to bring them along rather than &#8220;overcome&#8221; them. It is you they most care about, and their understanding and acceptance of your relationship has to start with accepting your LGBTQ identity. The process is easy for some parents and nearly impossible for others, so it is hard for me to say what will work for them. If they are into support groups, PFLAG may be helpful (<a href=\"http:\/\/pflag.org\">pflag.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should try to bring them along rather than &#8220;overcome&#8221; them. It is you they most care about, and their understanding and acceptance of your relationship has to start with accepting your LGBTQ identity. The process is easy for some parents and nearly impossible for others, so it is hard for me to say what &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/01\/24\/how-can-i-overcome-my-homophobic-parents-so-they-can-get-to-know-my-girlfriend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How can I overcome my homophobic parents so they can get to know my girlfriend?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5837,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5829\/revisions\/5837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}