Become the Movement!

 Oscar

Its okay to be different. 

 Michelle

 Hello my name is Michelle. Growing up being lesbian is hard. So many people do not accept you. It was no all bad though. I had my some supporting friends. It's great to have someone to care. I lost so many friends when I came out. (told everyone). In school I was followed and called a dyke. Made fun of everyday. It really put me down. I wouldn't get changed for gym. Didn't want to deal with the gay comments. "Hay shes staring at you body." or "Do you like my underwear" I mean it was really childish. So hard to be accepted if your gay. Why? We'll never know. A lot of people don't understand. Even the teachers were mean about it. I had no "happy place" in school. Only one teacher I could trust not to say a word. Having friends was my whole life. They were supporting. ( the ones who didn't leave). It meant more to me then they'll ever know. Know I let the kids joke on me. I joke right back. I'm fine with who I am. I'm happy with who I am. I just wish more people could see that. Most of my family hates it. I've learned to look past that too. I don't hid who I am any more. If people don't like it. I say it's their problem. I'm 17 years old. I know who I am. No matter your age you should be accepting of people. No matter race, Or sexuality. I love all people. It's better to learn to find a way to deal with it then to hold it all in. Most of all don't hid who you are it only makes it harder. I dated guys trying to tell myself I didn't like girls. I hurt so many people. Felt so bad. I hurt my self to. Don't pull that one. Don't try to tell yourself you something your not. Your not helping any one. Your just hurting your self. That's all I have to say.

from the time i was 9 i could tell i was different and it scared me. i mean other kids in school where interested i girls and i well....wasnt.by the time i was thirteen years old i was truggling with my feelings about guys. wanting to be them wanting to be with them touch them.one guy in particuler tyler rogers was my first crush in middle school he was also my best friend i wanted to tell him but i had been totally convinced that god friends and family would hate me. it didn't help that i was already bullied(when tyler found out he suddenly became one it is a strange feeling when you lose your best friend the person you trusted with ur life the one you have a crush on) for acting queer the way i talked, walked, etc... at school they would call me faggot.they would pull my pants down and shove me to the ground and kick me repeatedly they would spit on me and threaten to kill me if i told anyone. they even held a knife to my throat at home with my moms abusive boyfriends it was no better. by 16 i was on the verge of suicide if the teacher hadn't found me that day id be dead. that teacher MR. unsoeld told me about the local G.S.A and the Trevor project they helped some. but it wasn't until i gathered the strength to come out to my friends and family who pulled me from the edge. and my mother and to sisters who held my hand every step of the way(thanks guys) to be who i am to day an out and proud 19 yr old. my name is Vince. and i'm here to tell you "it gets better" there are litterally thousands of people willing to accept and love you for who you are.youjusthave to stay alive and above all !NEVER EVER EVER GIVE UP!.

Nicole 

 so i am 14 i am bisexual. ive been bestt friends with this girl since the 2nd grade. i came out to some in the 6th grade. i was scared to tell her because she would stop being my friend she is against it. i tried tellin my mom and she said no theres no way her daughter could like girls. i dated the first girl last year and she showed me its ok to be who i want not what other people want. abunch of people found out my 8th grade year and they stopped talkin to me  i had very few friends. finally my best friend found out and i told her that i am who i am and noone will change it she actually accepted me for who i am on the other hand my mom still wont so i cant talk about girls. but i know everything WILL GET BETTER! all i got to do is keep my head held high. thank you so much for reading my story

 Adam

 There is always a better day to come! Just because your different does not mean there something wrong with you. It means your human. No one is like one another. Everyone is different in there own way. My whole life I was scared to tell everyone I was gay. But i finally came out to my friends and family. And it was not bad. My friends and family all supported me. Sure you had that one person that hated you for it. But who are they. No one your you and there is only going to be one of you! 

There is always a brighter day!

Brianna

Im 10 my mom just walked out on us and left my dad to raise four children by himself, he worked nights slept all day and drank his weekend away. My childhood was complete cayuse my dad washed our cloths in the sink and dried them in the oven. We were always late for school and to top it off we were the smelly ones. I soon was dropped in the foster care system when the cops found me tied to a bed with computer wires. I was then bounced from home to home to home. I lived out of boxes and had no social life. I never finished school was sent back to my dads right before I turned 17 were then I was forced to get three jobs and move out on my own. I made it in Idaho for a couple of months and then moved to butte Montana were my mother just left pre release and moved to her own place. It was good for a while found my first husband had a child after a while he beat me to the point were I was put in the hospital. Then one day department of family surveses nocked
on my door and told me if I don't leave I will lose my son. So of course I left I moved back to my home town kalispell Montana with my son. I didn't last long I roomed up with some pretty crazy ppl and it was a bad place for a child to grow up in. So I sent my son to go stay with his grandmother on his dads side tell I straighted my life out. I couldn't pull it together my husband came and got me and I moved back with him. Were I was left to live on the streets or in parks. After about three days of that I pulled my self out got a job found a place for my son and I. Well of course I let my husband move back in and go back to the cycle were we were before he beat me one last time with a beer bottle. I then left him for good. I did fine by myself for awhile found the love of my life who I am married to know had two more boys and finished my G.E.D and know my goal is to get my degree in child services.  
I live a verry happy fulfilled life with all three of my boys and my husband. I didn't have to repeat my parents cycle. I have over come more then I should in my life time but I learned that if you get knocked down u can get back up and don't let no one hold you back.

Katie

Hey im 12 almost 13,and im a chick...im not sure if i am bisexual or a lesbeiean yet.But i do know i for sure like girls.My mom walked out on me when i was little. but even then i had an attration to girls. Me and my dad have complete differnt belives i think gays should live inpeace just like anyone else should and my dad told to always stand up for what i belive in and i always had sometimes im not foward with my feeling but i belive that if i like girls then whats the big deal im starting to face the fact and telling more people but people i braley even know they know but yet my best friend doesnt i want to tell her but im scared it will ruin our friendship.i odnt know thoug.i wish i had more support maybe it would be easyier but i have really close friends who know what im going through.and thats my story so far........

Riekki 

 Being gay or bisexual or transexual or pansexual is never easy.