I'm almost to the point where I can no longer be part of this community any more

Hello everypony. I have not really given much to this wonderful community but I've lurked a lot, and have posted some stuff to MLPdrawingschool, as it has become a hobby of mine. But as of late some things are getting difficult.

Let me start from when I started watching show. One of my buddies that I would play StarCraft 2 with told me about the show and so I watched it. That was around when the newest episode was S2E09. I kinda kept it on the down low and did not tell anyone but him about it. Everything was great, I started to visit this subreddit a lot and loved every visit. Then things started to go down hill.

I was working with my brother at the time, he had gotten me the job. Then one day he saw me on the subreddit, I did not want to lie about it. He is my brother, he should understand right? Nope. Promptly at the next meeting he started to bash me about the show. I tried to take it in stride and play it off like it did not hurt me. I told him that I've learned to not really take the bad things people say about it personally, and that everyone has their own things that they like. Truth was, it hurt, a lot. If it was from someone else it would not have mattered as much, but my brother.

Since then I've stopped working there and got another job. What he said a little to no effect on my leaving there. I mainly left for other reasons that not related to this topic. So now I have another job at a smaller company and I've kept it pretty much as locked away as I can keep it. But tonight at a party the latest strike took place. I was talking to somepony that I liked very much and he said it. "Doug watches my little pony, the pedofile. I'm saying this just so you know that he likes little girls." This absolutely crushed me. It was the same brother as before.

But there have been other times, that was just the latest. I've even heard my mom and dad talk about it in the same manner. And that they are trying to embarrass me out of liking the show. I almost cannot take it anymore. It's something that I really like and they are just opposed to it because it's about ponies? The real manner is why the **** does it even matter to them so blasted much? I enjoy the show? So what?!

It just hurts that my own family cannot just be okay with something that I enjoy.

TL:DR. Brother found out I watch MLP. I don't try to hide it, but embrace it. He constantly crushes me about watching the show. Parents and other family members have joined it. Cannot take it any more.

Tiny edit: Thanks for the support guys. I'm currently drafting a response to them so I can be prepared for it. I'll be sure to let you guys know how it goes.