What helped you accept your own sexuality and gender identity?

What helped me accept myself as who I am is realizing that other people are like me to, and that it just makes me I little bit more special then other people.

Realizing that it was true. It took me a long time that was full of twists and turns and not being sure if I was this or that until finally I landed with what I stick with today. Realizing the truth of it helped me to accept it because I knew that there was a word for what I was feeling and that meant that I wasn't the only one to feel that way.

Personally, I grew up in an environment where any sexuality was safe, so I didn't struggle with this. But I think the first step would be to admit it to yourself. Look in the mirror and just say it out loud.

I learned to love myself no matter how I looked if I felt litre a woman I was a woman if I felt like a man I was a man if I was happy I was happy no matter how anyone else felt about it

The fact that all people have different priorities and like or feel diffrent things. There is no wrong or right!

Having the words to define different genders, sexualities, and romantic attractions; and having other people "testify" that sexuality and gender can be fluid and don't need to correlate with romantic feelings.

If I'm honest I went to Instagram and followed sooo many LGBT accounts that just got me really comfortable with knowing that this was who I was

When I first realised that I wasn't like other girls, and I liked both boys and girls, I was really scared. I live in a religious family, and although they aren't homophobic, being gay isn't exactly seen as the best way to live. However, after meeting lots of wonderful, supportive people online, I started to accept the fact that I was bisexual. Then I told my friends. They were really helpful and supportive, which made me feel more comfortable being bi. Now I can shout it proudly from the rooftops; I'M BISEXUAL AND PROUD!!

Time helped me more than anything else. The longer I had to get comfortable with who I was, the more I grew to accept myself. It's hard to learn to accept yourself overnight, but as long as you keep moving forward and opening yourself up to new things, you will get there.

To accept my sexuality (or lack of it) and my gender identity it helped me to understand that there are people around me who feel the same way and I am not alone. By connecting with them I realized those people share some of my struggles and understand me in ways others dont.