Scarleteen

like i know societal pressures and stuff but damn i really feel like i have no future

prolly cuz am lazy betch heh

like every time i hear that one statistic about homeless lgbtq teenagers i feel like its gonna be me

good friggin new cuz u got a job and stuff so im #employed

anywayz not feeling sudocider or anything dont worry folks

i didjt. evej choose to b gay this is unfair and girls are friggin mean like 2/3 of the time

like are my parents half gay or sum is it recessive genes something or wut

i wish conversion therapy was real so i could stop having my bowel movements ruined by gay anxiety (i just know some resesrcher coined the term gay anxietfu$))))

Hi aliengirl, happy to see you back here. I'm sorry to hear that you've been having a rough time--know that you're not alone. As a queer person living in a sociopolitically conservative country, I can definitely relate to your frustration. Please let us know how we can best help you with these feelings.

Hey there, aliengirl.

I do need to make clear that jokes -- even at your own expense -- about conversion therapy are a lot like making jokes about genocides: they are in really bad taste, and are also really insensitive to people who have gone through conversion therapy, and to the queer community as a whole. Conversion therapy has done so much damage to so many of us and our forebears.

I see your Harvey Milk signature line: please know that being mindful about the terror conversion therapy has caused and thoughtful about talking about it the way you did, especially in queer spaces, is in alignment with what he was trying to do for all of us and the world. <3

I’m really sorry. I’ll be more mindful about what I post. I did my research and what I said was horrible, in hindsight.

Hi aliengirl. I appreciate you taking the time to learn about the harmful impacts of conversion therapy, which sadly continues to happen to this day. How are you doing since your first post—did something in particular happen?

You also mentioned this on your first post:

i didjt. evej choose to b gay this is unfair and girls are friggin mean like 2/3 of the time

I hear you with the frustration, especially since looking for an accepting community—and romantic partner—seems to be challenging for you. At the same time, I wonder if this thought came from specific experiences. Especially when people who socially present themselves as girls and women tend to get a lot of flack about how they should behave, "thanks" to patriarchy. Would you say that was the case?