i never liked the phrase "gays travel in packs" or "lgbt always flock together." Maybe that's your experience, in your country where it's legal to love whoever you fall in love with, and in a family that won't shun you, in a friendly neighborhood where you won't be attacked for

existing.

but it'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's still not perfectly safe. And i still haven'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'm the only one like this," bc the environment i lived in wasn'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't always the case. There are a lot of reasons why lgbt aren't open about their sexuality, and aren't safe to do so either. Don't judge everyone by your experience, you don't know their life and have never walked in their shoes. Be kind.