I Thought Coming Out To My Mom Would Bring Us Closer. Then I Received Something Shocking In The Mail.

Author Kelli Dunham recounts her mother’s aggressive reaction to her coming out as gay in 2021, including ripping up her birth certificate. Despite their complicated relationship, Dunham hoped for understanding and closeness. However, her mother’s symbolic gesture of destroying the birth certificate ultimately led to strained but polite communication between them, with the topic never being addressed again.

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