In most cases people aren’t aware of my orientation so my lifestyle doesn’t really affect the way society treats me.

I do find it problematic for me to get close to school mates or co-workers though, because I choose to keep my personal life seperate. It’s difficult to build a meaningful friendship with others when you’re concealing aspects of your everyday life. And that goes for orientation, personal history, etc. A lot of my relationships with people are pretty shallow because of this.

The most difficult part of it is worrying whether or not people will treat or think of me the same after I tell them.

But I’m not complaining. I know kids who have gone through really tough situations because of their orientation, so I have to say for me personally, I have it really, really easy. :\ And the cases I know of are between the said kids and their families. At least I know my (mom and stepdad’s) family are accepting of it and I only have to worry about the outside world’s opinion. Lauren’s dad said it once, and this is out of context but, home is supposed to be the safe base.

Also, since the topic is up anyway:
I failed to check up on my other inboxes while someone was trying to reach out to me because of their familial issues, and I really regret not getting to my messages sooner. But just some information for whom it may concern, there are shelters designed specifically for lgbt youth who are no longer welcome at home. Some of them even help you with attaining GEDs, housing situations, and job placements. Not to be cliché about it, but there is help, and there’s no reason for you to feel hopeless. It really does get better.