Next: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1030959060/ Previous: Ah yes, June 0th First: You're here :) Told myself I'd do something every day for pride month this year so here we go I'm not doing anything specific but every day I'll post an identity, likely one that I identify with/have identified with at some point and maybe a lil story about me or a positive message for everyone so we'll see how this goes lmao ~ JUNE 1ST - QUESTIONING ~ So uh today we're doing an identity (I guess you could call it that?) that isn't even on most pride month art challenges or whatever because I just want to shout out anyone who is questioning their sexual/romantic orientation or their gender or really anything. I know how y'all feel and I have technically been questioning on and off ever since I discovered the LGBTQ+ community in, like, 2019?? And especially lately- these past few months have been a big period of self-discovery for me but I think I've got most things figured out. Hopefully. But it's also helped me come to terms with just... not knowing. It feels really good to have labels and feel like you fit in somewhere specific and be able to relate to people that share your labels. And sometimes it's frustrating just being so confused about who you are. So it's important to remember that labels aren't everything, and you don't really need to rush to figure out your gender or sexuality. I'm not saying that you shouldn't try to learn more about yourself or anything, but spending long periods of time thinking about it is usually just frustrating. At least for me it was. It's also perfectly okay to not bother with labels! You can just be yourself, and that's all that matters. If you are questioning, one of the most helpful things you can do is just learn about as many identities as possible. If you can, go to the LGBTQ wiki or the nonbinary wiki or something like that and explore the different orientations/genders. But again, it's not a race to apply labels to yourself! Take it at your own pace. Another thing I've struggled with and I know a lot of others do is the question of "What if I'm just faking it to be unique/to get attention?" If you are worried about this, chances are you are not, in fact, faking it. You can't accidentally fake something. I still experience this doubt from time to time, and it can make you feel really bad about yourself! But if you aren't deliberately pretending, then you're probably not faking it. So yeah that's my uh inspirational speech for today. Art is on paper because I forgot how to draw with a mouse and am too lazy to set up my drawing tablet rn lol
