Photo by Alexander Grey.
(For how i crafted these quotes, see What i changed in survey-takers' responses and What i didn't change.)
Since coming out, I'm so happy and free.
I need you to celebrate my queerness. But let me decide when and how to come out to other people.
Coming out can be joyful or painful. It can make us feel happy, sad, guilty, or ashamed. It's both liberating and terrifying.
Even youth who are protected and respected can worry about others' opinions.
We have to figure out who still loves us after we come out.
I'm able to come out now because I've worked through my internalized homophobia.
"I've felt happier as a trans/queer person then I ever did as a cis/straight person. I feel like who I was meant to be."
