Do you remember being a closeted teen and feeling afraid of what other people around you would think if they found out you were a lesbian? Sometimes, your family members, classmates or friends said hurtful, homophobic things that made you think twice about "coming out" of the closet.
Well, hopefully you found the courage to come out (or are considering coming out) and proudly embrace being a lesbian.
Either way, the Twitter trend #GrowingUpLesbian will resonate with you, because who can't relate to the experience of having family constantly ask you at reunions, "Where's your boyfriend?" when you just wanted to say ... "well, I'm actually not attracted to boys, so bye!"
#GrowingUpLesbian feeling awkward when your straight friends are obsessing over guys when u want someone to obsess over girls with
— common les lumina ✧ (@dreamawaylife) July 15, 2015\u201c#GrowingUpGay #GrowingUpLesbian\n\nStraight friend: I'd date you if you were a boy\n\nMe:\u201d— Peace \ud83d\ude0c\u262e\ufe0f (@Peace \ud83d\ude0c\u262e\ufe0f) 1436972172
\u201c#GrowingUplesbian " you don't look gay " \nme ; okay how bout now\u201d— ace (@ace) 1436945218
\u201c#GrowingUpLesbian Watching tv with your family and a gay couple appears. Trying not to smile like\u201d— Nadine | SAVE WYNONNA EARP (@Nadine | SAVE WYNONNA EARP) 1436945431
\u201c#GrowingUpLesbian\u201d— Ku \ud83d\udda4 (@Ku \ud83d\udda4) 1436980462
\u201c#GrowingUpLesbian At family dinners/cookout when the older family members ask why you don't have a boyfriend yet \ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude0a\u201d— \ud835\udd87\ud835\udd9a\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd8a\ud835\udd97\ud835\udd88\ud835\udd9a\ud835\udd95 (\u3063\u25de\u2038\u25dfc) (@\ud835\udd87\ud835\udd9a\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd8a\ud835\udd97\ud835\udd88\ud835\udd9a\ud835\udd95 (\u3063\u25de\u2038\u25dfc)) 1436980782
\u201c#GrowingUpLesbian #growingupgay Having to listen to people say "You're going to grow up & marry a handsome, successful man one day"\u201d— Ethan Joshua (@Ethan Joshua) 1437357228
when ppl say you don't "look gay" because you don't have short hair #GrowingUplesbian
— e!liis (@EARTHOWELL) July 19, 2015What do you remember most about #GrowingUpLesbian?
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