After I read your story "Before and Now," it really touched me; it made me feel hopeful and made me think that it's okay to be yourself and love who you want. I do accept myself as a gay person, but I'm afraid that people will look at me differently and start avoiding me, just like Gracie in your story. I'm afraid to show my real self to the people who surround me because they never expect that I will be the type of person that they hate and discriminate against. I always try to like guys and be able to get attracted to them, but I can't. No matter what I do, I will always be a lesbian who has nowhere to go, but this story made me feel joy and happiness; reading it made me want to fight for myself, and I'm so thankful to you for writing it. I wish you to be always happy and blessed.