LGBTQ community existed, but it felt as though it was something you shouldn’t want to be a part of. The word ‘gay’ was casually thrown around as an insult, which only fed the idea that homosexuality was wrong.The difference between the ‘gay world’ and ‘straight world’ seemed black and white, but I felt stuck in the middleI didn’t understand my own feelings.
I knew that I was attracted to people regardless of their gender, but this went against everything I had been taught. I wasn’t even quite sure about where I fit in – the difference between the ‘gay world’ and the ‘straight world’ seemed very black and white, but I felt stuck somewhere in the middle.I was confident that coming out would alienate me further, so I tried to convince myself.
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