MY MOM CAUGHT ME READING YURI OMG

The title. So I keep the fact that I read and like Yuri a secret bc people around me will think I'm gæ (I'm a girl) which is bad bc everyone is religious and openly discriminates people they think are gæ lmao like I can't handle that sorry

I usually sit in the backseat of the car but bc of reasons I had to sit in front while mom was at the back. I thought her eye sight was bad enough and she wouldn't be interested in what I'm doing and I thought I was angling it in such a way she wouldn't be able to see...

but she did and she shocked me when she went: "Why do you keep looking at pictures of women?" And I WAS SO SHOCKED BRO but she couldn't see my expression so I was like... "It's a comic"

And she went: "But they're all women" and I go "It's a comic" xD which I felt was an answer and a non answer at the same time ╥﹏╥

Like yeah, it's not pictures but comics so IM NOT LOOKING AT WOMEN MOM THEY'RE JUST CHARACTERS IN A STORY - is my reason. Buttt at the same time, why they all women tho?? And yes it's a story but you're still looking at panels of women?? <--- I feel is what she's thinking. Like ok you're not looking at photos but you're still looking at women

This is why I don't tell people I like and read Yuri. Bc they always go "why do u like Yuri" and I go "idk they're cute, their interactions are cute and I like the Yuri tropes" so basically the plot hahaha and they're like "What's the plot??? Women?? Kissing?? Girls in relationships with each other?? Why do you enjoy women dating and kissing each other?? And I'm like •-• sheesh I guess I can't defend myself bc you've made up your mind

it's annoying but you'll be immediately judged and labelled for it and people are openly homophobic here so PASS lmao. Like I still value my job and being promoted and not being disowned by fam huhu don't bully me

Anyway my secret's a bit out now. Good thing I wasn't looking at smut. I was switching between a slightly spicy CN manhwa (just skin and looking hot) and a GL psychological romance. But stillllll. dammit. There's gonna be this seed of doubt in her mind. I hope she's not gonna pull what she did before when she saw me wearing a towel around my neck like a guy would, while I was shirtless and going: "Please don't be gæ!!" And I was like huh??

So yeah. It's difficult if you're a girl who likes Yuri. Prob same if you're a guy who likes BL. BC people wonder y u would like this.... If Ur not gæ. Like if Ur a girl who's a fujoshi it makes sense bc u like guys and guys are hot so in BL there'll be hot guys and usually little to no girls so it's like eye candy.

So yeah. Any female Yuri readers out there with similar plight? Esp if u don't wanna be seen as gæ? How's Ur experience? Lol. Anyone else experiencing Ur manga hobby being discovered by accident when u know it's a bad idea if it will discovered?