~Age 6 | Arlo | He/Him Just a young boy who tries to live his life to the fullest. little does he know he was actually born a girl but his parents didn't want a daughter for the first born, they wanted a son. So they raised him as Arlo. Arlo doesn't know that he is actually a girl. Doesn't know what lgbtq is ~Age 7 | Arlo | He/Him His family goes camping for a week in June. While they are there, there is a giant pride parade and his parents try to shut it down. His sister tells him to not listen to his parents. His sister says that she is a supporter and that her best friend is trans and that lgbtq is good. He supports it but doesnt tell his parents anything. ~Age 8 | Arlo | He/Him Starts to grow his hair longer. His voice starts getting pretty light. His family stops camping and he just has a pretty boring life. He meets multiple friends at school and he loves watching the cheer leaders. he hopes when he is older he can be a cheerleader. ~Age 9 | Arlo | They/Them Comes out to younger sister as non-binary. She supports. Arlo starts wondering why they are looking less and less like a boy each month. Meets a friend who is trans and she starts teaching Arlo some more terms. Arlo still dreams of being on the cheerleading team. ~Age 10 | Lake | they/them Finds a new name they are comfortable with. Comes out as non-binary and omnisexual. Body looks more like a girls body and they are getting worried. Lots of their friends un-friend them because they think they are trans (ftm)-but they arent. Their sister starts teaching them some cheer moves. ~Age 11 | Lake | She/they/Him Asks his parents why he looks and sounds like a girl and they refuse to tell Lake anything. Thinks they are genderfluid and unlabeled. Starts practicing cheer moves in the backyard when his parents aren't home. Sister buys him pom poms. Makes a few new friends. Sister starts secretly letting Lake wear her clothes ~Age 12 | Arura | Any pronouns. Parents finally tell her that she was born a girl and that they didn't want a girl as the first born. Starts going by Arura as for it sounds more feminine. Her and her sister are mad so they both run away. Starts practicing make up with the makeup they packed up before they ran away. Comes out as agender and aroace. ~Age 13 | Arura | she/they Her and her sister get adopted by 2 lgbtq allys and now they have an older brother who is demiboy and polyamorous. Arura comes out as demigirl and aroace. She tries out for the cheer team and she makes it! ~Age 14 | Arura | she/her Finally accepts that she is 100% female. Comes out as pansexual. Hair becomes very long and she loves it. Continues with cheer and she becomes the top of the team! Has a major crush on a girl in her class. Loves going to malls and wearing dresses. ~Age 15 | Arura | she/her Thinks she is Polysexual. Plans to continue with cheer until the end of college. Becomes the shy popular girl, but a lot of people hate her because she is part of the lgbtq community. She finds her passion for singing. Dyes her hair. Tells her crush she likes her but her crush turns out to be homophobic. ~Age 16 | Arura | she/her Finally figures out she is bisexual. Joins the choir and gets so many solos. She creates songs and shares them on spotify. Becomes popular quickly. She spreads lgbtq pride and awarness on her yt chanel and much more. Dyes her hair pink. Has a crush on a boy in her art class. {Other characters} Emma, she/her. Arura's birth mother. Homophobic Mich, he/him. Arura's birth father. Homophobic Megan, she/her. Younger sister of Arura. Straight supporter. (Megan is 15 when Arura is 16) Maria, she/her. Adoptive mom of Arura and Megan. Straight supporter. Logan, he/him. Adoptive dad of Arura and Megan. Straight supporter Toby, he/they. Demiboy, Polyamorous, polysexual. Step-sibling of Arura and Megan. Josh, he/it. Transguy, Panromantic and asexual. Arura's crush. Lola, she/her. Transgirl. Arura's best friend. Eli, they/them. genderqueer and aroace. Good friend of Megan and Arura. Kate, she/they. Demigirl, lesbian, aromantic. Good friend of Arura. Oliver, he/zer. Gay. Good friend of Megan and Arura.