AgriasArseid

This section killed me. Sums up my entire high school experience, even though I did not come out until almost 30.

"Even Sam herself starts to wonder if she’s a gay man, because it would definitely explain the queerness she feels all the time. It would also explain why she feels a kinship to the gay community, even though she’s not gay herself. Alas, she was a boy who exclusively liked girls — it didn’t get much more hetero than that."

Like, I would 100% be a woman if I could choose.

You know by believing yourself when you write something like this. No cis person would ever say that and mean it.

I wish it was only invalidating. This is actively kicking them down.

Another person who picked theirs from a video game. Pick the name you want to give yourself. Don't worry about what other people think and focus on if it makes YOU happy.