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- Trans Male and MenstruationHey there, so I've been thinking about my gender and dysphoria a lot nowadays, and since I never met a trans and I live in a small community I came here to ask. I just wanted to know, if you feel ok with sharing it, how you trans male saw or felt with your period? […]
- Exposed sexual messagesSo basically an ig account was created for specifically exposing me and they posted a bunch of texts I've sent to girls and things like that and a lot of people from my school that ik follow it and I've been exposed so idk how to recover from it.
- Lesbian to Bi?I have been publicly Lesbian for four years now and now I’m questioning my sexuality. Am I Bi? How would I be judged by coming out as lesbian for all these years then all of the sudden be bi? I’m embarrassed how lost I am. Is turning bi from lesbian a normal thing?
- How can i convince my mom to let me cut my hair?Hey, i've been really wanted to cut my hair for the longest time to a sort of "boyish" haircut and my mom won't allow me. I've cut my hair to a sort of similar length before and my mom hated it. She would look at me with disgust and when we were walking home from […]
- My Sexualitynot sure if this is how this works but i don't know my sexuality, i came out to one of my friends and it got me thinking and i realised that i don't actually know the word for my sexuality or if there's even a word for it. So i'm more attracted to females but […]
- Am I bi or just really good friends with this girl?I’m so confused right now!! I thought I was straight but now I’m questioning my sexuality because I think I have this crush on a girl but I’m not sure if that’s just me being really good friends with her??
- Anyone else obsessed with Dream smp?Okay I have been obsessed with Dream smp and the ships
- having a homophobic family is so frustrating.Hi, so i've been feeling really sad lately because of all the homophobic stuff my mom and sister are saying. I keep thinking about what's going to happen when i come out, what if i get cut off completely... i keep thinking about the scenario that might happen and i wish i was just straight […]
- Greetings All!Candlewick was a nickname given to me by a boy in my 9th Grade Geography class. I’ve always been rather skinny, which is something he enjoyed teasing me about. I never felt bullied, as I didn’t believe he meant any harm, but it did make me kind of uncomfortable. Overtime, however, I was able to […]
- Can't control my feelings for this girl I met online, where do I go from here?Already made a post on Reddit, but figured the more advice the better, so here goes. Okay, so some backstory for context - buckle up, cause this might take a while: I'm a straight dude in his early 20s who's never been in a relationship, cause I prefer to meet people naturally and not through […]
