Recently, a group of people in my school set up a LGBTQ+ support group, and I was asked to join. It wasn't that I was reluctant to go at first, it's just I didn't really see a need for me to go. I'm pansexual, so what?
But as I sat in that room, surrounded by people who understood the things I've gone through myself, I realised how much I censor myself around other people. I never talk about crushes on girls around my friends mainly because I don't want to make them uncomfortable, or feeling like they can't relate.
They also don't understand fully. They can be supportive, but they don't get it because it's beyond their understanding of attraction and that's 100% okay, but they also need to support my decision to join a support group. Some people in the year didn't understand why a support group was needed, and they called it exclusive and secretive. But they don't understand. Sometimes I do just need a space to talk about my sexuality and understand myself with no fear of being judged.
