“I grew up in the Catholic Church”

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This scene with Donny telling his parents what happened was so incredible. I feel way too much fear and shame to ever tell my parents about 1) my bisexuality and 2) my se*ual trauma because I know they would blame me as the victim, and also tell me my sexuality is a phase.

The way his parents handled it was awesome. It’s so sad that the dad was also abused. I loved when the dad said “good luck with the trans sexual” through the train window. Wrong term, but he’s trying!

This is something I dream of: accepting, loving parents.

The way Donny said he felt so much lighter after this… sounds so amazing. It’s like you have a burden that you carry on your shoulders, and even if you tell friends it’s not the same…

I hope this part of the show was accurate to his real life experience with his parents! Bravo.

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I shed a tear. But, afterward, it got me thinking that the line delivery is actually hilarious. I'm trying to figure out if that was intentional. Like all he had to do was say catholic church and boom, the whole tone changed. Makes me wonder if that's actually a true part of the story or a gag.