I just need to get this out, idk if I need a solution but just wanna get this out.

self acceptance

Hi. This is an alt account, so this obviously isn't connected to my actual account. I'm 15, and use to be conservative, but a year ago, I stopped and stuff, and I started to be an lgbt ally, but my parents /hometown is conservative, so I know there isn't much lgbt here but I had twitter, which I was a big ally on and helped a lot of trans women/men and a lot lgbtq people through a lot of suicide and self harm, and they helped me. In November, I began to question sexuality, and one of my trans friends said "girl, you're an egg right now, call yourself by she/her and see how you like it" (I'm a guy at birth) and I liked it. When she called me "girl" it felt right, and when I called myself she/her it felt right, and I sorta "tested the water" with pronouns I like until about late January/early February, before I somewhat decided that I was trans. I wasn't 100% sure and sometimes still not, but I feel like I am. Here's the part that gets good, on Valentine's Day, a girl I've always talked to and sorta had a crush on (over twitter, I had talked to her for months beforehand, she's my best friend and helped me out of rough stuff, like parent abuse and dysphoria, she's trans too), asked me out, and I ofc accepted, she's wonderful and beautiful (I made sure she's my age and we've called dozens of times before). She's really helped me, and I love her so much. But recently I've been getting depressed because I feel like I'll never be accepted for who I am where I live, and I know I won't be accepted by everyone, but I wish my friends could at least. I'm just scared if I tell even accepting friends they might tell someone, I just don't feel like I'm actually trans, it feels like I'm pretending to be trans cause I'm not out publicly, not out to anyone irl, and it hurts. I hate being called my name, I hate being called he/him stuff like that, and I've told my gf about this but tbh not all of it, she has her own problems I worry more about, idk I just feel sad about it. I'm just a mentally unstable weirdo. Sorry for the rant. I just hate not being out. TLDR: I'm depressed that I can't come out

Posted Jun 30, 2025, 3:08 AM UTC

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