LGBT

He was concerned about me facing hardships, he said "You're already black!" but he let me know that it was fine. My mother and sister, who are both religiously conservative, flipped out. They told me I wasn't living "God's truth". I still considered myself a Christian then (now I'm an atheist) but that angered me. Dad didn't stick up for me during that "family meeting" I think because he was deferring to mom and that hurt, because I know he didn't share their views. This was about four years ago.

Now, my mother has been making an effort, being friendly to my partner (with whom I live in the same county) and occasionally asks about him, but we don't speak much. Every once in awhile my partner and I will go out to eat with them or go over to their house. My sister completely ignores the fact that my partner exists. When I've brought up the issue directly with her, she said I was "forcing" him on her and being "ungrateful" to my parents by spending holidays with him and not with them. I'd be happy to spend holidays with them if we both felt welcome. She let it be known that she does not want him to attend her graduate school graduation in May. Needless to say, we're not close.