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What do you wish someone would have told you as an LGBTQ+ youth? We welcome you to share your response with youth looking for solidarity at the form below. 

Transgender Day of Visibility 2021: "I wish someone would have told me"

"I wish someone would have told me..."

"I wish someone would have told me love is never wrong."

"I wish someone would have told me you can be religious as an LGBTQ person."

"I wish someone would have told me people come around once they get to know you, especially people who knew you before coming out. You aren’t an inherently different person- you're you, as you’ve always been. People come around when they know you."

"I wish someone would have told me I was limiting myself on who I am capable of being or wanted to be."

"I wish someone would have told me you can love everyone but with limits and while not compromising self."

"I wish someone would have told me that you feel relief when you finally are who you were meant to be."

"I wish someone would have told me that my true people will love me no matter what."

"I wish someone would have told me that once it’s out there, the freedom of being you is worth it."

"I wish someone would have told me that I wasn’t the only one and I wasn’t bad or gross or weird."

"I wish someone would have told me I could have a family and be me."

"I wish someone would have told me that not all family is blood."

"I wish someone would have told me sooner that there was so much more outside of what I grew up knowing. The world is so big and diverse and I wish I would have known that there were more people like me out there."

"I wish someone would have told me that I should never have to be a secret."

"I wish someone would have told me love and acceptance should not have restrictions, limitations, or contingencies."