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To the 12-year-old me, I know you’re scared. You just learned a word – gay, and suddenly something clicked deep inside. You realized, this is me. But instead of comfort, it brought fear. They told you it was a sin, that you’d burn in hell. So you buried it. You carried it in silence. And…

Dearest Chotu Sini, You do not know this yet but you will find your community someday. You will know that you are not just a lonely Island, floating on the sea. You are a plant, growing in an ancient forest which has elderly spirit guides, joyful fairies and little seeds that look up to you…

Dear p(ast)loml, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the hurt, confusion, anger and sadness I have caused. I’m starting with an apology, because I lack the words to put my love out to you. Today, over 3 months after the break-up, I found the strength to read the letters you gave me before we ever started…

At school, I crouched, not to hide my stomach but to hide my breasts. At college, I wore oversized tshirts, not to hide my now fatter stomach but to hide my breasts. While in college, I learned guitar, not to seem cool to everyone but to seem cool to the girls. I gave up dancing…

Hi,Knowing that this letter will never find you even though I want it to, I will tell you the my deepest and darkest secret.It’s simple. I like girls. I like them so much that it’s beyond my ability to describe how much I love them.Also I want to scream I am a lesbian but I…

As you grapple with understanding transness, turning it over in conversations, policies, and quiet moments of curiosity, I want to share my story with you—not as a manifesto, but as a heartbeat. I am trans because I feel it, because I know it, because my soul hums a truth that doesn’t fit neatly into the…

Hey fam ❤️, I’m writing this as one of you, a gay person who’s out only to a few people, the ones I trust and care about. I’m not out to my family or society at large. So yes, in many ways, I’m still in the closet. But sometimes, the community makes me feel like…

This is for a little girl who felt chronically out of place and always uncomfortable. Uncomfortable being seen, being looked at, just being. As long as you’ve known, no place felt like home. You know happiness, sure. In this fleeting moments when people around you seem pleased, you feel at ease. You feel like you…

Hi kiddo,I’m Ayana. I know you’ve liked that name, somewhere within, but you could never talk about it to anyone, am I right? Heh. It’s 2025 here, and I know it’s somewhere between 2006-2010 there. My love, don’t be surprised. We’re one magical being split only by the wise flow of time.Don’t believe me? Well,…

Dear younger me, I know things feel like too much right now. The confusion, the fear, the anger, the love you’re not allowed to even think of. It is too much of a load for a 14-year-old to carry alone. You keep wondering why you feel so out of sync. If something is wrong with…

Hi Younger Me, Don’t worry about your future. You are not dumb, and you’re not hiding anything from anybody. You are doing just fine — actually, you’re doing great. So keep going, keep showing up, and keep being you. Remember to identify your strengths — they’re there, even when you can’t see them clearly —…

Dear Younger Me, I wish I could hold you right now. Not to stop your tears, but to let you know that it’s okay to cry. I see you. The quiet kid sitting in a corner, tired of being hated without a reason, bullied for just existing, silently asking the world why it hurts so…