1: For the love of every god ever, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not be inclined to tell your family. I know you might love them and I know you might have good times together, but if you are still living with them (if not, tell me how you got your own place) these people hold your leash, your livelihood, your reputation, your food source, your place to sleep, your entire life in their grasp, and you need to measure the pros and cons very, very carefully. On one hand, you could deepen your bond and not have to fear judgement, and on the other hand you can be homeless, starving, and possibly too young to get a job in a second. I especially recommend this if your parents are Christian and/or more conservative, as they are more likely to be dangerous to you, but homophobia can be found in any place unfortunately.
2: IF your parents are untrustworthy, one of the routes you can try is trying to act like you subscribe to the idea of "saving yourself for marriage". If they also buy into this idea, they will be satisfied with you being picky about partners and/or reluctant to get close to what partner you have. This might get better if, when they ask about your "searching", you give them some horror story about a freak who hurt you, be it real or not. This heavily depends on if your parents give a shit about your safety, so if lying in that way won't help, don't risk it.
3: if you cannot avoid getting a partner, I recommend trying to find a partner who either understands this is a lavender relationship (basically a fake relationship) or is some kind of pushover that you can mostly avoid without them breaking up with you. It's a crueler strategy, but you must remember that morals come after survival and your personal safety. If you can lie to them about some sort of past trauma that makes you dislike touch, then do it, as that might keep them off you for longer. I recommend having backups in mind for something like this.
4: If you feel that it is safer to hide it, and you can hide it without feeling miserable enough to kill yourself, then do so. There are going to be monsters that will want to tear you apart no matter what you do, so if you can avoid their focus entirely, I suggest that.
5: When it comes to bullying, I highly recommend avoiding social media and keeping to yourself. This is the strategy that worked for me; If you get a reputation as the "weird kid", nobody is going to talk to you as much as they will with louder kids. Oppression works like space; The bigots are taking up most of the space, and if they feel like the space they take up is threatened by you being loud, getting in their way, or making a name for yourself, they will target you. Bigots want us gone entirely, but since they cannot achieve that completely just yet, they want us isolated and miserable.
6: Do not be isolated and miserable. Queer people are much more likely to kill themself (shocker), and the human brain likes having friends, and will award you with dopamine if you have friends. I know that likely it's very difficult to make friends, but it is exceptionally important, so I highly recommend that you try. Plus, safety in numbers is VERY important. Bigots are more likely to target isolated students rather than groups.
That's all I can think of rn, good luck and drink water or something
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