Hello everyone! I'm new to the site. For a long time I identified as bisexual but I recently realized that I don't like men and I've been trying to force myself to like them for years because being gay seems really hard. I live in semi-liberal pocket college town in a general conservative region. I'm trying to figure out how to socially interact with people of the same gender (aka flirting- I'm so bad!!) but also how to appropriately deal with other (hetero) people but most importantly I'm trying to learn how to accept myself for who I am. My family is accepting of me being gay. I'm also genderqueer but I am comfortable with that part of my identity. My family is not as much accepting of me being genderqueer but they are not jerks about it either so it's okay I guess :icon_bigg
Ah welcome to EC! I can definitely relate to the sexuality struggle ahaha; for years I tried to label myself as bi, only recently coming to terms with the fact that it really doesn't make any sense if I have absolutely no interest in being with someone of the opposite gender. I'm glad your family are accepting of you being gay!! Hopefully with time and education they'll be more accepting of your gender identity. But the best bit is you coming terms with yourself and accepting who you are, I guess! I hope EC can aid you on that journey!
