It’s so confusing to me that an otherwise loving and accepting father would not realize how much turmoil he is causing for his son by letting him be exposed to that religious homophobia! Yet I encounter that kind of obliviousness all the time. Being told that we are broken and sinful, that our desires are perverse and wrong, that takes a real toll on us. We can’t shake it off even when we know intellectually that it’s BS. I guess straight cis people really don’t grok how deeply it gets absorbed. Here’s hoping this supportive, generally awesome dad reads the piece and learns he has a few more ways he needs to step up.