>>83041905
I was in a homophobic environment too desu, sure I knew I was gay ever since I was a kid but it wasn't exactly like I could've been open about it, hell I even got beaten and stabbed by family before because they suspected I wasn't straight, it was moreso I had to be aware of myself because if I messed up I would've gotten seriously hurt for it, I wish I could've actually explored it in my teens instead of being a mentally ill shut-in, a lot of people really don't appreciate how good they had it and now I don't think I can even properly connect to someone else if they didn't also have a similarly awful life, like how do you explain to a normal person how badly abuse and violence can affect a person?