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What advice would you give someone who needs to explain to their parents that their roommate is actually their boyfriend, the girlfriend they've mentioned on and off doesn't exist, and that really, no, it's not a phase?

well.. assuming you're male as well here, I don't figure you'd have to come out as straight....

depends on the parents and their background, religious or not religious, other gays in the family and if so how that was handled, whooooole bunches of if's and what's there.
if being out means they disown you vs being out means a lot of uncomfortable talks but not being outright kicked out of the family, whether you have any kind of financial dependence on them or not and if that would be withheld if you're out.. all of this affects the approach you take. as well as if you're ready to handle whatever shitstorm this might throw at you.

above all else YOU have to be in the right place, emotionally and mentally, to do this. in the end it doesn't matter how they're going to react; it's only yourself and your readiness for that reaction that will matter.

Have at it.