Almost every LGBTQ or GSM person is in the closet at one point or another, and this is a collection of all the associated crap, from the depressing to the hilarious.
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Black text on a rainbow background: Number 547, not being able to tell your parents you don’t think you should wear a hijab because they’ll just think you’re being disrespectful
Black text on a rainbow background: Number 543, trying to figure out how to ask your mom to buy you men’s deodorant without coming out and telling her you feel uncomfortable “smelling like a woman”
White text on a rainbow background: Number 539, having a bag packed in case your parents find out and kick you out
White text on a rainbow background: Number 538, overly pushy NOH8 campaigners
Black text on a rainbow background: Number 537, being unable to come out because you’re afraid of being hurt by people who aren’t GSM and you’re afraid of being rejected by people who are
White text on a rainbow background: Number 535, having your family react in horror when you say you want to major in gender/sexuality studies
White text on a rainbow background: Number 534, worrying about never marrying or never finding the one
White text on a rainbow background: Number 531, having to come out in the first place
Black text on a rainbow background: Number 530, suddenly feeling nervous and almost paralyzed when people say “I have something important to ask you,” and reviewing everything you’ve said or done the last few times you’ve seen them
Black text on a rainbow background: Number 529, when one of the smartest people in your year at school thinks that GSM people can be “cured” with therapy
White text on a rainbow background: Number 527, feeling like coming out right now would be selfish because of other family drama
Black text on a rainbow background: Number 526, you’ve planned a coming out, but you have a dream where everyone reacts so badly that you don’t want to do it anymore
White text on a rainbow background: Number 524, everything feels like a lie, even when it isn’t
White text on a rainbow background: Number 522, Wanting to come out but not having anyone to come out to
Black text on a rainbow background: Number 521, taking forever to come out to your closest friends because there’s always other people around when it comes up
