By V

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I've always been a supporter of the LGBT+ community but it wasn't until late-ish last year(2016) in my early teens that I started asking myself if I was part of it.

I had started doing harmless research on more of the sexualities and gender identities that exist and at first identified with pansexual.

I stuck with that for a couple of weeks and told one of my very good friends who was accepting, but it didn't feel completely right. I did some more researching and decided on grey ace but I also knew that I could only develop sexual feelings for someone if I was in a romantic relationship with them so grey ace became demi grey ace. Then I started to think about romantic attraction and told myself polyromantic.

After finding my sexuality and romantic attraction, I started on gender. I am a birth female but don't feel completely connected to that so I identify as demi girl and I'm a mix of female and agender. You could call me androgyne or bigender as well but I believe I fit in demi girl. The boys at my school laugh when I do stereotyped masculine things that I like, like sport and gaming.

In terms of "coming out"(I hate that phrase) I am not out at the moment. I know my parents and most of my friends would accept me but I'm still nervous and I feel like it isn't really that important especially because I generally( though not always) am happy being called by my birth name and pronouns although I would like it if I was called by they pronouns and a similar, more gender neutral version of my birth name.

So, that's my story. I just want to say to anyone questioning like I was a couple of months ago(and may again), you don't have to rush it, just be who you want to be and to anyone who knows themselves, you are valid and awesome.

Good bye everyone.

-V