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This is a reminder that just because it’s the holidays, it doesn’t mean you have to put up with toxic relatives.

You don’t have to sit and listen to Old Granny Racist

You don’t have to sit and listen to Misogynistic Male Members of the Family

You don’t have to sit and listen to Homophobic Aunt Martha and Inappropriate Joke Making Cousin Steve.

You don’t have to let That One Aunt make snide comments about your weight/lack of weight or let That One Uncle look at you weird.

You don’t have to let your siblings torment you and then laugh it off because “we’re family, chill out”

You don’t have to sit and let others make you feel uncomfortable/oppressed/awful about yourself/in valid/anything else just because it’s the holidays.

Your mental and emotional health is more important than whether or not you’re there to hear the ridiculously hypocritical prayer that gets said once a year by someone who would have no issue disowning you if they ever found out how you identify.

YOU are more important than that.

You are more important than a family gathering, and if it’s horrible to go then DONT GO. Drink your pumpkin spice latte and eat your box of cookies alone in your own apartment/dorm/room or go out with friends or take a trip or whatever.

Do something other than putting yourself through all that ick. The holidays are just dates on a calender and family is just people. Don’t jeopardize yourself for the sake of a “tradition”.

You’re more important than that.