Happy pride! I know this was posted a day earlier, but I don't plan to be very active during the first week of June because of school! You can click the green flag to listen to music, but the contents of the project are all in the NaC.
Song: Uprising - Muse TN Art: Me, made in Ibis Paint X ↪ My Experience as an LGBTQ+ Person ↩ (Disclaimer: I will use gay as an umbrella term when I get tired of typing out the entire 5 characters of LGBT+) I was LGBT+ before I really knew what it was. Sometime in kindergarten, a classmate said "did you know girls can marry girls," which shocked me. I was delighted, really, because I didn't know that was a thing people could do. I suppose it makes sense, because for the first 2 years of my life, gay marriage wasn't legal in the USA. It didn't affect me then, of course, but the USA is 250 years old. Imagine if, instead of making gay marriage legal during its 238th year, they waited until year 260 or something, after I was legally allowed to marry someone. That wouldn't change much in the grand scheme of things, but it'd affect more people. I suppose what I'm saying is that our society has only recently decided to go in a progressive direction, and the acceptance of LGBT+ people is a new concept. Growing up, my parents weren't queerphobic. My dad loved Steven Universe and cried tears of joy when Ruby and Sapphire got married. My mom is pansexual. I've never worried about them accepting me, but it's always been scary talking about gay things with my classmates. People have different opinions based on how they're raised. I respect everyone's opinions, of course, but hearing my classmates and peers talk about how they hate LGBTQ+ people surely feels a bit hurtful. I'm just grateful I haven't been subjected to bullying, unlike thousands of gay children everywhere. It's a bit funny, growing up as a girl and not having a boy crazy phase. It almost feels like I'm missing out on something. Of course, I like boys too—just a lot less than girls. My preferences have always leaned towards more feminine people. The main thing about my LGBT+ journey was that I never had a period of denial, and I was never ashamed about it. I've been liking girls since I was a little kid. I really feel for the people who have some sort of internalized queerphobia. I honestly don't have much else to say, so that's all. Happy pride month!!
