I need a new backpack. Where should i get one from

I'm 15, i've known i was gay since i was 9 and i haven't even had my first kiss. I feel like everybody around me is basically having sex already or has some sort of boyfriend and i feel like im so behind because im gay. I live in philly so there's a ton of teens here but i'm shit at meeting new people. my school is on the smaller side for highschools in philly and i don't know of any other lesbians in my grade who aren't already in some committed relationship :(. I just want to know if it's normal to not have any sort of experience when i'm about to start sophmore year and also how i could get a gf without like wearing a shirt that says please hit me up im gay.

I (15) recently realised I'm a lesbian and was wondering how any of you find other queer girls to date? Is it reasonable to look to date a girl at my age or should I just expect to start dating at university?

I feel like im always gaslighting myself into believing that I actually have a crush on the most random men ever for just for thinking they look attractive even though i really dont actually think about dating them, is that normal???

Like sometimes I'll go through phases where i keep telling myself that im actually in love with a boy or think some random thing he does is attractive, then a couple days after I'll get over that and come to the conclusion that i dont actually like them only to move on to another random boy and convince myself that i have a crush on him instead and so on and its just so confusing idkk

I also feel like im not sure if i should keep using the lesbian label even though I have for a while because i genuinely cant tell what is me making myself believe that i actually like men when i dont and what is genuine, its really bothering me helppppp 😭

I just found out that my daughter is gay! She doesn’t know that I know. I overheard her talking to her friend. For context, she’s 16, goes to Catholic school. We are Christian but not crazy religious. Her conversation was disturbing to me as she was telling her friend how disgusted she is with herself and that she prays to God for forgiveness and to help her “not be gay!” This leaves me heartbroken for her! I’ve kind of always suspected, and I recently asked her very casually and she denied it! I just want her to be happy! I don’t care who she loves. I will do anything to support her! Lately, she’s been so withdrawn. Barely speaks to anyone and is in her room most of the time. She seems so angry and is quick to lash out at me! If anyone can please tell me if you went through this period of self loathing when you came to terms with your sexuality? I don’t know what to do, or what to say! My heart aches for her! I don’t want to pressure her into telling me if she’s not ready and her feelings of shame and isolation is concerning!! How do I go about helping her? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

That's all I'm gonna say. I live in a very homophones country, I barely know any queen people, I have only two queer friends. It feels so lonely and isolating, especially when you're a masculine presenting.

I (15, she/her) have been living in a foreign country due to circumstances that I have no say in. I've only recently started to think about my sexuality and I am quite certain that I am a lesbian. Identifying as a lesbian is very difficult for me because almost everyone I know is against the queer community or doesn't have the mental capacity to accept that there are people who experience love differently.

I don't think I will experience the pleasure of dating or even falling in love with the girls that surround me because of my linguistic disadvantage and also the fact that I just don't fancy their personalities. I'm obviously not going to date online so it pretty much feels impossible.

I know that I will have an out in the future but my body painfully desires to hold hands, kiss and just fall in love. I made this post to see if anyone else is feeling this way and if you are, I would love to read your reply.

VALIDATE ME, INTERNET.

Recently, I’ve been catching myself liking this one dude. We’ve been talking for a while and we have the same music taste, like even Ariana grande and others. He’s had passed girlfriends before, and he’s bit a nerd. My gay friend believes he’s gay, but I’m not sure. Today, he told me he dressed up as Elsa, the Disney princess, when he was younger. I can’t tell if this is because he was always surrounded by his mom, or he just is homosexual. I asked him if he’s gay, and he obviously said no. He wasn’t defensive about it, just casual. Help!

Diary entries over the last few months i thought were kinda funny

Only thing getting me through ife rn is the fact I'll soon be old enough to go to lesbian bars🙏🙏PLEASE BRING ME THERE

being gay is so lonley bro it's a scam don't do it

Lwokey came out to my sisters cause they were talking abt their boy problems and were like 'oh do you have huzz ' and I was all like 'boys are weird asf'. They both agreed so #score

It feels so awkard saying I like girls , even though that's the truest thing ever. Like I can say no hesitation id rather die than even consider being with a guy and I find them repulsive romantic wise but I feel like such a creep saying I like girls cause it like idk

My bi friend talking about how much of a lavender marriage she is in with her boyfriend 'I'm like basically a lesbian at this point and he's so gay LOL' wow having a boyfriend!!! Thats so lesbian of you wow!!! My gaydar can't even comprehend how lesbian you're being right now wow!!!

Is it pathetic to have an imaginary gf or nah

Sigh I wanna dramatically confess my feelings under fireworks

I want a girl to swoon over me the way those boy crazy girls swoon over movie stars #rizz

Or like bakugo. I want girls to see me the way they see their anime boyfriends

I want MASSIVR muscles

Should I drop outa school and become a poet or nah

Do they even pay poets these days?

So like when are baby gays not considered baby gays anymore? Is it more of a personal view type thing? what's going on

I'm genderfluid now (and also mainly masculine) but for some reason I still feel lesbian... in a sense??? so idrk if that still counts. I know I shouldn't care about what others think, but I'm pretty curious about how some people see it so lemme know. have a good day!

For context, I’m a 16 year old butch.

The other I was talking to somebody I I know and they told me that I would have a hard time dating because girls don’t like butches. Now I think I can smell bs from far away but I just wanted to ask.

Do girls like butches? Or is it a bit more niche?

I wish it was more widely known just how completely difficult it is to be a lesbian. This is just my experience and I’m sure many have it differently but I am just SO fucking lonely, I am 17 and have never been in a relationship. All my friends are straight and have boyfriends and barely hang out with me anymore and I’m SO sad. I literally feel like I don’t have anyone in the world. I’m fem4fem exclusively which makes it so much harder for me because I don’t look gay and the girls that I’m attracted to don’t look gay so they don’t know and I don’t know. It doesn’t help that I grew up incredibly shy due to the way I was treated as a kid and still am so shy it’s honestly embarrassing.

Not to mention the troubles of trying to accept myself, I still feel uncomfortable telling people I think because I was outed to both my friends and family when I was very young. I think I’d have a much easier time accepting myself if I didn’t feel like being a lesbian was a sentence to loneliness, which so far it has been for me. I’m just constantly worried for my future and If I’m ever gonna get to have my firsts. I just feel so isolated, I don’t have one person I could talk to about the way I’ve been feeling lately and that makes me disgustingly sad. I just need a fucking hug and someone I can pour my heart out to and be comforted by. I feel like I’m running out of time to be loved. The fact I’m having to write something like this on here feels like such a low. None of my friends would ever have to do anything like this it’s sad.

i (15) came here because, well, this is a wlw sub. every girl i know gushes over "hot guys", and i guess i see the appeal. the guys they like look attractive to me, sure. i can see why the girls i know would like them, but i struggle to relate to them. most girls i know will either be highly confused or just brush it off if i tell them about my fictional crushes (even the ones who are "guys" are just masc-presenting non-binary), or they'll just be like "ohh".

and i sometimes get weirded out by their gushing, but i keep it to myself and don't wanna be like this, i just feel kinda left out.

i've seen some lesbian spaces that i don't belong with either, them hating all men (only some spaces), thinking trans lesbians don't belong, etc.

i've even seen a lot of them being rude to bi women, calling them traitors or "secretly straight". even if i rant about not fitting in, though, because even the bi women i know gush over guys when i can't relate, i don't hate them or see them as straight.

i also have some fictional guys, i'm sure, that i see in a platonic light (want to hang out with as opposed to wanting to date them) and i don't mind if i'm hanging out with a guy (my bestie of almost/about 7 years is a guy) so i certainly don't hate them all (though i wouldn't date one nor do i like/support the actions of some guys who did me wrong)

i've only shown genuine romantic feelings/love for women or sapphic enbies.

hi, so I (17F) developed this crush on my friend like 2 months ago, we sit together in some classes have shared friends and all. I really like her but whenever i’m around her i’m such a nervous mess and i feel like im making the whole thing really awkward, like i don’t know what to say or talk about (the thing is that it’s only with her so i dont really know what to do). I think it may stem from the fact that she’s sometimes kind of mean to me and other times she laughs with me like we’ve been friends for a long time so im in this hot&cold territory.

Another thing is that i’m from a quite conservative community and i’m closeted meaning i’m scared to come out to practically anyone (only 2 ppl in my life know). One time we were talking and i think she said something along the lines of “i don’t like men anyway” but my dumbass didn’t hear her clearly and i didn’t ask her to repeat herself and now it’s too late for me to either come out or ask again😭😭😭

We have been to the movies together (she offered me her jacket) and i really like her but don’t know what to do, how to even text her, should i hint that i like her (but maybe she’s straight so it’ll make it weird) PLEASE HELP 🙏🙏

I'm 14F and I really like my friend? best friend? I don't really know. I'm going to keep this simple. Our friends have all thought we've been dating, and we deny it, laugh about it, move on although we flirt frequently. But today she sent me a video on tiktok. something about people assuming we're dating. I tried to see where it would go so i said "next time someone asks I'm going to say that we are". Not sure why I said that. We've been real flirty last couple of days and I'm kind of nervous. I know she's lesbian so I'm not worried about that. I know for certain teen relationships don't last. barely a few months if we're lucky. So I'm worried. If I actually date her and we break up, it's going to be awkward and I can't exactly fix that.
Or I'm just being stupid and she's being this flirty as a joke.
Should I wait until we soft launch to each other because I'm convinced we almost did today or should I just not even bother?

Our anniversary is coming up and she recently brought up how shes been wanting a dogtag, and luckily enough I have an old one I used to wear all the time. It’s just a plain stainless steel one with no inscription on it or anything so idk if I should give it to her since it isn’t really the typa thing she wears yk? Like her jewelry is usually more like statement pieces for rings and, for necklaces I don’t see her wearing much except the one she has of her initial, shes a alternative person and she dresses really cool so idk if she’d like me giving her just a plain dogtag or if I should buy her something else. Any advice?