The Internet has some strong words for ‘selfish’ man who came out at sister’s wedding
There is no “right time” to come out of the closet, but judging by the reaction to one woman’s story, there might be a few “wrong times.”In an anonymous Reddit post titled “Am I the a**hole (AITA) for throwing a ‘tantrum’ after my brother came out at my wedding?”, the woman, 27, explained that she came out as a lesbian to her homophobic parents when she was 12 years old, and that it took them years to accept.It also caused her younger brother, Olly, to become her parents’ de facto “golden child.” “It made my relationship with Olly a little salty,” she wrote.She explained that her parents and Olly attended her recent wedding, which she described as a “welcoming environment” with many queer people in attendance.During the reception, she noticed a commotion coming from her family’s table.
Her brother, now 23, had just come out to their parents as gay.“Olly took advantage of the moment to come out (nothing new, I had doubted his sexuality since he was a child, but it wasn’t up to me to expose it),” the post read. “My dad got mad when I wasn’t surprised and accused me of hiding that kind of thing.
In addition to making comments about being disgusted with the fact that his children are two f**gots.”“I told my parents: ‘You can’t for a single night swallow your fucking prejudice.
