like i know societal pressures and stuff but damn i really feel like i have no future
prolly cuz am lazy betch heh
like every time i hear that one statistic about homeless lgbtq teenagers i feel like its gonna be me
good friggin new cuz u got a job and stuff so im #employed
anywayz not feeling sudocider or anything dont worry folks
i didjt. evej choose to b gay this is unfair and girls are friggin mean like 2/3 of the time
like are my parents half gay or sum is it recessive genes something or wut
i wish conversion therapy was real so i could stop having my bowel movements ruined by gay anxiety (i just know some resesrcher coined the term gay anxietfu$))))
why is being gay so stressful
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why is being gay so stressful
"If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities... the expression of love... then life itself loses its meaning.” - Harvey Milk
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Re: why is being gay so stressful
Hi aliengirl, happy to see you back here. I'm sorry to hear that you've been having a rough time--know that you're not alone. As a queer person living in a sociopolitically conservative country, I can definitely relate to your frustration. Please let us know how we can best help you with these feelings. 
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Re: why is being gay so stressful
Hey there, aliengirl.
I do need to make clear that jokes -- even at your own expense -- about conversion therapy are a lot like making jokes about genocides: they are in really bad taste, and are also really insensitive to people who have gone through conversion therapy, and to the queer community as a whole. Conversion therapy has done so much damage to so many of us and our forebears.
I see your Harvey Milk signature line: please know that being mindful about the terror conversion therapy has caused and thoughtful about talking about it the way you did, especially in queer spaces, is in alignment with what he was trying to do for all of us and the world. <3
I do need to make clear that jokes -- even at your own expense -- about conversion therapy are a lot like making jokes about genocides: they are in really bad taste, and are also really insensitive to people who have gone through conversion therapy, and to the queer community as a whole. Conversion therapy has done so much damage to so many of us and our forebears.
I see your Harvey Milk signature line: please know that being mindful about the terror conversion therapy has caused and thoughtful about talking about it the way you did, especially in queer spaces, is in alignment with what he was trying to do for all of us and the world. <3
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead