• inv3r510n@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I’m a queer gender non conforming lesbian who grew up in the 90s and was horrifically violently assaulted for it on the regular by bullies that school authorities never gave a shit about.

    I remember the Obama years. I remember back then not trusting the “acceptance”. I never thought it was genuine and to this day I still don’t. I feel bad for those who thought we made real progress. It was always an illusion.

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        15 hours ago

        Me too, existing as a queer person. I didn’t even know I was queer, I just knew something about me was different. It wasn’t until my late teens that I figured out what was ‘wrong’ with me that the other kids hated so much.

        I’m also ADHD and most likely autistic as well. So there’s that.

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          51 minutes ago

          Its really bad when this stuff goes on and nothing is done about it. I still deal with shit from my childhood because I never got help.