You talk as if homophobia doesnt exist in "abroad".
Not really what I meant, after all, homophobia and other sorts of bigotry exists everywhere, albeit lesser in some parts of the world. I simply mean how compared to a traditionally conservative country like Japan, western countries definitely are more open minded and more welcoming of liberal views and concepts. Knowing they've been living there for three decades, you'd think they'd be exposed to that environment, and by extension being influenced by it to some degree. Thus my statement of the assumption that they'd be more open minded due to living abroad, not that homophobia doesn't exist abroad. Lmao.
The mom did say she thought she was more open minded. This is the truth to many people. Most of us don't care if others are LGBT, but it's a different story when it happens to our own children. It's not as simple as about acceptance. I bet most people here don't have children, so it's easy to say, just accept it. When it comes to parents, rationality is often thrown out of the window. Sexuality is not the only thing. Choice of school, medicine, clothings, toys, jobs, practically everything, parents tend to want what they consider the best for their children. Even when their children have become adults, it doesn't matter. In the parents eyes, their children are forever children.
You'd think they'd be more open minded about homosexuality since they live abroad but ig not. Well, at least the father said they'll try so that's a start ig.