Personal Narrative-I Should Not Be Gays

There are many things to be afraid of in this work but accepting yourself should not be one of them. When i was in the fifth grade i started to notice other guys. I didn't notice them as “cute” or “hot” because to be frank, as a fifth grader who really knows what it means to be “hot”? I noticed that other guys were stronger than me or that they had better hair than me..etc. Throught Elementary kids at school would question me about being gay. As a child i had a profoundly high voice, sounding like a chipmunk from that animation movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks”. I received questions asking if i was a girl quite often because of it. I would get really mad at kids for asking and cry or get really nasty with them. Then id get mad at myself because of the amount of time i’d spent thinking about guys and the lack of time i’d spent thinking about girls. Ultimately thinking that i could be gay. I felt the need to prove to everyone that i clearly was not gay. Later that year I met this girl and we started dating. Thinking that my mission was complete and i had proved to others to infact not be gay, i was wrong. The mission was a two parter. The girl that i had been dating eventually broke up with …show more content…
Not cringing at the sound of the statement “I'm Gay” feels like you're walking on water. I started to wake up everyday a little happier and the depression started to thin. About midway through my sophomore year i officially came out to everyone. Looking back at all of the things that use to race through my head i feel ignorant for not taking the time of day to think “maybe it won't be so bad to accept myself” or “maybe people won't treat me any different”. There are many things to be afraid of in this work but accepting yourself should not be one of