My family is a bunch of Donald Trump supporters. They claim that they want to make life better, but yet they chose the vilest candidate possible. They claim that Donald Trump has done amazing so far and any opinion or fact that proves this wrong is fake. Some days I can just ignore the ignorance but other days it makes me fume. There is no in between.

I try to show them the facts but they never listen.

I am an LGBT+ American. They tried to tell me that the president and his cabinet are the best candidates for LGBT+ rights. How can I believe them whenThe Vice President backs conversion therapy. They told me it was fake. They said, “we would never vote for a cabinet that would do that”. Well, guess what? You did!

It hurts me knowing that my brothers and sisters are having their rights taken away and that my family had a hand in it. It hurts, even more, when I realize my rights are slowly being stripped away. My family just doesn’t seem to understand. They claim they want to protect me yet they voted for someone who wouldn’t. It really sucks. As of now, there are many issues regarding immigration. Our president has barred refugees from coming to the united states. I believe this is absurd. We are supposed to be a welcoming country, but I guess that is not the case anymore. It seems we have forgotten that this country was founded by immigrants, the only people native to America are native Americans. My family seems to forget that we immigrated from several different countries. It's very annoying.

What will happen if I am forced into conversion therapy or barred from using the bathroom? What will I say? How can I live knowing that my family had a hand in this? How can I get them to understand what they’ve done? What do I do? Conversion therapy is a very controversial topic just as immigration is. Some people are entirely convinced that it works and others want it banned. I am one of the people who want it banned. It just harms a person, takes away their humanity. You cannot cure people of being LGBT+, it is not a disease.

I mean no offense to anyone with this article. I am just stating my opinion and my feelings. I don’t know what to do. This is my coping method. I love you all.