Coming out: Not so Fun responses
Coming out: Not so Fun responses In Fun Home, Alison comes out as a lesbian and announces this to her family. This gets ahold of somewhat similar yet different reactions from her parents. Her mother is against her coming out. Her father is not a whole lot supportive, but not against it. This shows their experiences with same sex relationships. Her mother has had negative experiences with same sex relationships and sees it as a problem that she has to deal with. She sends Alison a disapproving letter. She states in her letter, “I have to deal with this problem in another form…” This reflects on her relationship with her husband. She has had to deal with the infidelity from her husband due to same sex affairs. This gives the mother a negative view and experiences on same sex relationships, and this affects her response to Alison’s coming out. This can be seen with the affair with the babysitter. This response is hard on Alison. However, ...