When he was young he always believed that something was wrong with him. He believes he was not normal because he felt a certain way towards the same sex. He noticed this weird feeling around second grade. He usually would have a large group of friends who are female and have like four to six male friends. He didn’t know what it meant because he was too young to understand. When he went to eight grade he kind of understood what he was feeling but wasn’t sure what he liked. At that time, he was still finding and learning about myself. He wasn’t sure what he liked so he came out as bisexual (bi). The first people that he told were his friends first because he knew they were going to be accepting and they weren’t going to judge him. Throughout the years of finding myself he was slowly getting his answer. There were times where he felt really uncomfortable. When his family were having a movie night it made him scared to tell them even more because when watching movies then a gay scene or a gay moment happens in the movie his dad says homophobic things. “why add this crap on everything it ruins the movie” and ruins his mood.

A new year begins it’s 2020. Everything was going great then the pandemic came. It was a tough year for him and for everyone but things slowly got under control and started to go back on track. Throughout quarantine he used that opportunity to better understand himself. He even changed and he didn’t know he changed. Someone that he is close to told him that he seems different in a good way and though unexpected changes happen, he felt more comfortable with himself. As he got more comfortable with himself and help from his friends he got his answer. “I’m gay” he said proudly to his friends. When he finally got his answer he was open to everyone else besides his parents. He even told his siblings but they didn’t care what he liked. Every Time he’s around them it’s like an automatic switch. He acts differently around them; he acts straight towards them. He hates it because he’d put on a mask to hide his truth, be someone he’s not. When he was ready to tell his parents, it took him about a month to prepare himself to tell them. When he was preparing himself, his thoughts went haywire. These scary scenarios started to play through his head. It felt like he was having a nightmare. He didn’t know what to do. The fears of his parents not accepting him and neglecting him, scares him. At that point he

wanted to distance himself from his family. But a random bundle of couragecame to him and his guts told him it would be fine.It was twelve in the morning, he went up to his parents and said he neededto talk to them. They seemed confused but stayed quiet to listen to what hehad to say. He started to hesitate for a moment but he pulled himselftogether.“I …I’m gay” he stammered.He waited for a response then his mom spoke.“te amo sin importar lo que seas”She spoke those exact words he wished he would hear coming out of hermouth. Then he looked at his dad and was surprised by what he said.“I love you”He felt like the luckiest boy ever and was so happy