Hello everyone, You may call me Tlarkul; as of this post, I am 19, a university student, and I reside in the province of British Columbia. Since September, I have accepted that I am gay and biromantic, and I have come out to two close friends, one relative, and one other person (a counsellor) as gay. I want to make more progress with my goal to be out of the closet, but I could not do it; there are offline resources I can access (i.e. PFLAG, my university's Pride group, etc.), but I can't really approach them because of what feels like an equal and opposite reaction (I speculate it's from my irrational fear of recognition from people I know, but I'm not entirely certain.) I surfed the internet, starting from the It Gets Better website, to an online resource in BC for youth, and eventually to here at Empty Closets. As you might have guessed, I hope to meet others who can empathise with my struggles so that I (and maybe others) may have enough courage to abandon the closet. From what I can tell as a new member, Empty Closets seems like the best place to start. If you took the time to read everything, thank you very much, and have a nice day.