I remember ‘picking a side’ in high school, long before exploring any other kind of identity. Of course, I ‘chose’ to be straight and wound up in a very long-term, very harmful relationship that caused a lot of self harm, which I refused to leave because it might force me to deal with these other feelings.

Anyways.

Homophobic bullying forces a lot of kids into the closet, and it’s no wonder why. I can’t tell you what it’s like to be out in high school, but I can certainly tell you what it’s like to be in the closet during those turbulent teen years, and it’s no cake walk. Hopefully, this initiative is doing more than paying lip service to GLBT issues.