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So what made yall figure it out? (self.lgbtq_plus)
submitted 1 year ago by StrahdVonZarovich to c/lgbtq_plus
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Was having this conversation with some new friends earlier and was curious. When did you guys figure out your sexuality/identity or whatever? Was there a person that helped you or a particular moment or event?

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[–] Stormyfemme 2 points 1 year ago

It really took a 1-2 punch for me to really break through the years of being raised with this being kind of a mix of abhorrent and just not even discussed.

  1. I asked my partner with all her health issues if she'd swap bodies with me and she said no because she didn't want to be a boy. That was the first actual crack in the shell.
  2. I watched SPOP and
    spoilerthe finale, the kiss, it shattered my egg like sugar glass as all the lesbian yearning I never understood flash boiled and i sobbed and sobbed as it all made sense that that was all i ever wanted the only way I'd feel complete. I had to transition, I had to be gay. It was borderline a compulsion.

I've never been happier.