I've been pretty angry over the last few days.
My brother came out as gay. And I am VERY happy that everyone in the family responded to him in the best way possible. I would never want him to experience the pain I felt when I told them I liked girls, and it getting even worse when I told them I was trans. I probably opened their minds a lot, you know? And got them educated on it, so when LW came out, he was fine.
I didn't expect, though, that it would make me so resentful. I should have had the same good experience coming out. I came out and I cried for months because I was told I'd be a prostitute, poor, that I was some feminist bitch, that I hated men, that I hated straight people, and so on and so forth. They were downright cruel and vindictive. And my brother gets a pat on the back and "you're a good person, that's all that matters." Obviously they realize that their first reaction to me was wrong, since they gave LW a different one.
But they deny it ever happened. They say "we were just fine when you came out the first time, lesbian is no problem, it's trans that is the problem." LIES. Lesbian WAS a problem. A huge problem. and no one will take any bloody ownership for the things they said and the impact thy had on me.
I honestly want to smash the hell out of something. I want to break something into smithereens, you know? They can "learn the error of their ways" and posit themselves as this goddamn beacon of tolerance, with no regard for the fact that that was gained at MY expense. That I had to do a lot of crying, that I had to hold my head high and stay strong, and never break, so that they can praise themselves for being the "good family" who doesn't reject their kids.
I am tired of being such a doormat, I am tired of being a tool for others to grow. I am tired of people using me and then abandoning me, having no regard for the things I put up with.