acceptance

We are so used to this pressured desire to be happy that we don’t realize how we often view our negative emotions as invalid, shameful or wrong. 

While BUSD has already made strong efforts towards creating an inclusive and supportive community for queer children, there is still room for improvement. 

As a 14-year-old female to male, or FTM, transgender teen, gender has taken on a necessary role in my everyday self-expression and identity.

I realize now that my issue with compliments doesn’t come from a distaste I was born with, but it has a lot to do with my own insecurities.

There are many approaches for finding acceptance in the things we can’t control. What I’d say is a good first step is laughing at ourselves when we find ourselves becoming irritated.

I've always been fearful of change although it's the only constant in life. I always knew this, so why did I expect college to be any different?

Without my glasses or contact lenses, people seem like featureless silhouettes and I feel robbed of a crucial sense required to navigate the world.

For all my life, I’ve always lived with somebody. This month marks the first time I’m living alone, and it's thus far been an eye-opening process.

Back then, I knew that if my family did not like that I was gay, it was going to cost something. But hating myself for being gay was going to cost more.