i never liked the phrase "gays travel in packs" or "lgbt always flock together." Maybe that& #39;s your experience, in your country where it& #39;s legal to love whoever you fall in love with, and in a family that won& #39;t shun you, in a friendly neighborhood where you won& #39;t be attacked for

existing.

but it& #39;s not universal. i went from living in a country where i would never be able to come out, to a country where it may be legal for someone like me to exist (wow), but it& #39;s still not perfectly safe. And i still haven& #39;t come out to anyone but my two

best friends of 16 yrs. I never "met" another gay person until I was 19. I grew up thinking "what if I& #39;m the only one like this," bc the environment i lived in wasn& #39;t very lgbt friendly. I did my own research, in secret ofc, and now there is social media where you can connect

with people like you, but that wasn& #39;t always the case. There are a lot of reasons why lgbt aren& #39;t open about their sexuality, and aren& #39;t safe to do so either. Don& #39;t judge everyone by your experience, you don& #39;t know their life and have never walked in their shoes. Be kind.