LGBTQIAP+ Milestones: Book 1

accepting but not ready

By Anonymous

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Hi! So, this is a big thing for me. It's been along time in the making, but I guess that I have finally started the process of accepting myself. I'm a girl, who likes girls. I'm gay! I have always prefered the word gay rather than lesbian, because it just makes me alot more comfortable. I'm not ready, not yet to tell people outside of the internet, but one day it'll come. That's why I decided to share my story, called "In the Closet." because it's things like that have helped me. I'm much more comfortable sharing myself online, because I feel like I owe it to the internet to share my story, because to be honest it's the only reason I feel okay. This community has created such a safe place for me, I'm able to be myself here and thats something I think I'll always be grateful for. So this is me, this is a milestone in my life. Being able to know that I'm gay and that I'm okay, and that's something I wasn't able to do six months ago. I'm getting there, and one day I'll be able to say it to people face to face. But now, this is what I have and it's what I need at the moment.