Identity, this word has become a huge issue in our world today. There are people in this world that believe that if someone is gay, or straight, or lesbian, that there isn 't a way to describe their gender identity. It’s not easy for them. It’s not easy to be in a world where people try to tell you who you are. Yeah, cisgender and transgender are just labels, but those labels mean something to others. What we don’t understand is that these labels have been out there for a long time, since the 90’s or maybe even longer. In the article, KJ Rawson tells us that the term was since at least the mid-1990s, and yet we still haven 't gained the knowledge of them. Cisgender is something for those who don’t want to be considered trans, who know that
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Some of those people include my best friend. He was always a little different in a good way though, and was a little more feminine and I thought that maybe there is something that he 's not telling me. I’ve always been able to talk to him about boys and like really personal stuff and he was always one to understand and help me. One night when we were closing, we were talking about boys and I was telling him about my friends who came out to me, then all of a sudden he turns to me and says, “I have something to tell you” and then hesitates. Right in that moment my heart started beating out of my chest, but I tried to keep calm, turned to him and said, “It 's okay. Whatever it is, I 'm not going to judge you.” and I waited. after a couple of minutes he looks over to me and says, “ I think I might be …show more content…
he told me he was always confused because of his parents. his parents are conservative. when we talked (too personal to put in an essay) he finally tells me “ I think you 're right. i think I am gay” basically the basis of our conversation was me asking him if he was more attracted to girls or guys, or how he felt when he saw a guy and how he felt when he saw a girl. The main reason why he was confused because he’s lived in a very closed minded society and so because he grew up that way, he had a hard time figuring out where he fit and more over who he
Some of those people include my best friend. He was always a little different in a good way though, and was a little more feminine and I thought that maybe there is something that he 's not telling me. I’ve always been able to talk to him about boys and like really personal stuff and he was always one to understand and help me. One night when we were closing, we were talking about boys and I was telling him about my friends who came out to me, then all of a sudden he turns to me and says, “I have something to tell you” and then hesitates. Right in that moment my heart started beating out of my chest, but I tried to keep calm, turned to him and said, “It 's okay. Whatever it is, I 'm not going to judge you.” and I waited. after a couple of minutes he looks over to me and says, “ I think I might be …show more content…
he told me he was always confused because of his parents. his parents are conservative. when we talked (too personal to put in an essay) he finally tells me “ I think you 're right. i think I am gay” basically the basis of our conversation was me asking him if he was more attracted to girls or guys, or how he felt when he saw a guy and how he felt when he saw a girl. The main reason why he was confused because he’s lived in a very closed minded society and so because he grew up that way, he had a hard time figuring out where he fit and more over who he