The LGBTQ+ Handbook

Helping People Number Eight!

Why hello again. Long time no see, right? I'm trying to be funny, it's not working.

Ok I need help.
All my friends are figuring out what their sexuality is, while I'm just sort of, there. I haven't been able to find a general thing. I feel like pansexuality is the closest estimate to what my interests are. I don't want to rush things, but I want to find out who I'm going to date and want to be in a relationship with (I've never been in a relationship with anyone). My family is very LGBTQ+ accepting, since my mother is the only one that knows about my sudden interest in other girls. I just am very confuzzled and need some advice.
Thanks!

You sound like 84% of the teenage population. Well, not quite, but a lot of teenagers are very confused about their sexuality, which is completely normal.

You know that you aren't straight, which is pretty good. There's a step to figuring out what you are. Your family is accepting and supportive, which is also very good. You sound like you live in a good home.

As for the relationships, let me tell you a little story.

There once was this girl named Hope. Not actually, her name was something different, but names don't matter right now.

So! Hope. She had come out as bisexual. She was a happy little bi girl, and then she met this boy named Jake. She thought she liked him, so she and Jake dated.

Then Jake tried to kiss her. They kissed, and then Hope was like,

"Hey, um, Jake? This is really awkward, but I think I'm a lesbian."

Jake was understanding. And so, through experimentation, Hope found out that she wasn't bi, as she had thought, and was actually a hardcore lesbian. She now gets all the ladies. Not really, she's single right now but you get what I mean.

The lesson to be learned from that story is that you should go out and date people. Date everyone. Experiment. It makes it easier to find out what sexuality you really are!

Don't be afraid to break some hearts, and to get heartbroken. It's life. If you don't get out there, you might miss your special love nugget and never find them. Don't be a lonely little unicorn, unless you want to be a lonely little unicorn forever. You go out there and find your love nugget!

I don't know where that went. I guess you are all unicorns now? Well, whatever, I think each and every one of you is a magical human bean.