Coming Out to Myself

December 19, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

An illustrated person with long, wavy orange hair looks at themself in the mirror and smiles.

Coming out to myself was a long, subconscious process that didn’t reach reality until one, critical moment.

Gay Signs: An Adolescence that I Never Noticed

October 31, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

There are two signs as follows. The first sign states, One Way, and points to the second sign. The second sign states, Gayville, 2 miles, and has a rainbow on it.

Here’s a full list of all the things that should’ve made being gay not a surprise to me.

Internalized Homophobia: I hope I never Fall in Love with a Girl

October 2, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

An illustration depicts two women kissing. Text beside the illustration states, every girl has women she looks up to.

You don’t know exactly who you are; you just know something feels different for you. And you wonder if you can spend your whole life silenced by your internalized homophobia.

My Friend Knew I was Gay Before I Was Ready To Come Out

September 20, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I Wasn’t Ready to Come Out to Myself as Gay It was the second semester of my freshman year in college, the first time on my own. This was not a good time in my life. The introvert in me formed a shell of isolation, growing thicker by the day. I went to class, I […]