
Man shares touching story on how mom stopped family 'meeting' on him being gay
By Mustafa GatollariUpdated
It's always difficult when your family disagrees with your "lifestyle", which, for many who come from traditional familial backgrounds is just a code phrase for homophobia. That's something Cydney Prescott experienced first hand this Christmas when he learned that a bunch of extended family members who had congregated for the Holidays began to have a "meeting" about his being gay.
Sadly, there are way too many examples of members of the LGBTQ+ community experiencing intolerance, and it often comes from those who are closest to them.
In Cydney's case, however, he thankfully had his mother in his corner. When she found out that the "meeting" was taking place, she burst into the room and shut the entire thing down.
Instead of allowing her family to "ruin Christmas" by discussing her son's sexuality (and what would a meeting like that even consist of, especially in 2020?). She said, according to Cydney, "Idgaf how none of y'all feel HE'S MINE and if you don't want to deal with him, f*** you cuz you dont have to. BUT I KNOW, none of you will have s*** to say to me about it!"
Xmas I found out my family tried to have a “meeting” about me being gay &my mom CLEARED THE MF’N ROOM
— Cydney Prescott (@RETRO__ray) December 26, 2019
“Idgaf how none of y’all feel HE’S MINE and if you don’t want to deal with him, fuck you cuz you dont have to, BUT I KNOW, none of you will have shit to say to me about it!”
I have no choice but to continue to stan pic.twitter.com/0k20U2Xphe
— Cydney Prescott (@RETRO__ray) December 26, 2019
Cydney tweeted about the incident on Twitter and it received a ton of love: it's been retweeted over 31,000 times and has racked up over 277,000 likes. Folks were applauding Cydney's mom's response and it didn't take long for a ton of high quality memes to erupt from the situation, too.
— Cydney Prescott (@RETRO__ray) January 31, 2020
She sends her love!! And she thinks y’all are funny ❤️😂 pic.twitter.com/2qd8MYiMv7
— Cydney Prescott (@RETRO__ray) December 26, 2019
Cydney, touched by all of the support his story received, decided to show his mother how many fans she had for her behavior on the internet, and she was loving the responses. She even asked him to send her more screenshots from the responses he received.
My mum would be ashamed, being gay would bring an embarassment and continous ridicule, plus i would deny her the chance of seeing her grandchildren.I would Never do that to her.
— ReubenChege (@reubenchegez) December 27, 2019
Your Mom rocks! She's tough and I like it. Happy New Year to you and your Mom!
— Anita is RidenWithBiden/Harris2020 (@AnitaThom57) December 27, 2019
And Cydney decided to let all of the fans of his tweet meet his mother on camera, so the two of them uploaded a video for the internet, and it looks like Ray's trying to get his story shared on Ellen now too. Why not, right?
She’s a mom.
— Geraldine (@divageraldine1) December 27, 2019
It’s what we do.
The rest of them are useless; who needs that from “family”?
Stop referring to this woman as “mom.” She is now Mom Goddess, Warrior of Righteousness to me!😂😂
— Juli Bunting#BlackLivesMatter (@JuliBunting) December 27, 2019
Others uploaded reply tweets to Cydney's original post that demonstrate exactly why his mom's response was so significant.
The sad truth is that the teen suicide rate for members of the LGBTQ+ community is significantly higher than their heterosexual peers. Experts believe that feelings of alienation along with lack of acceptance and pressure to change from loved ones contributes greatly to these heightened levels of self harm.
Go, Mom! The fact that anyone thought your mom should take sides against her own son shows how little they know about what it means to be a Mom. Unconditional love.
— Antifa VP of Dark Shadows Ops (@cmcahall) December 27, 2019
A meeting? I mean what were they gonna do? Vote you off the island? Or maybe stage a sexuality intervention and send you off to rehab?
— Farr Q. Azuhl (@AmerikinCarnage) December 27, 2019
Bonkers man. Merry Xmas.
Other moms also replied to Cydney's tweet sharing their own instances of having to shut someone down for questioning their child's sexuality. Some folks questioned the need for "family" members who would go on and have a problem with Cydney being gay in the first place and his mother's love is worth more than all of theirs combined and then some.
Were they planing to stuff you in a sack and force you into conversion therapy or something? What good can come of such a meeting unless it’s for them to learn how awful they are being?
— Afternoonish Post- Bye Don 🦃🌊✊ (@PreAnnoyed) December 27, 2019
My brother asked me if my son was gay and in a cold quiet voice I said "And what if he is" my grown biker brother gulped and said nothing sis I have I ah well if he is okay" I'm a red headed leo celt, my son is and I protect my own
— finafyr(@🏠)(😷) (@finafyr) December 27, 2019
And, judging by Cydney's tweets about his mom, it would seem that he is in complete agreement with that analysis.