Thanks so much for your positive feedback. I knew that I would reap rewards by being honest and expecting the best from others. Especially considering that some users happen to feel concerned about the impact that LGBTQ would have on the social order (especially on children and the process of socializing kids, having community values, and seeing that children develop normally), that straight-ness and heterosexual-ness would gradually disappear, that families could be threatened by LGBTQ, that society is devoting too much unnecessary political and public attention to what would best be personal and private, and that the world is so unfriendly to straight people today (since our media culture really prioritizes difference and diversity above all else so the people who just hold their heads down and to the right thing feel like they are being ignored and getting no recognition, and since we are all confused why the media would recognize those who play to the whims of difference and diversity to such an extreme degree). I felt that way in the past as well, until I realized that the language of transgender/asexual/whatever you want to call it gives me a language to truly make sense of my mental health journey and incorporate that into my personal story. Now I am able to explain what I went through without needing to memorize the DSM5. I agree that this transgender/asexual/whatever you want to call it is just a characteristic of mine and not all of me. For that reason alone, it was very important for me to journal about this and get it out, since keeping it all in will only trigger more dysphoria and depression.

Thanks so much for your positive feedback. I knew that I would reap rewards by being honest and expecting the best from others. Especially considering that some users happen to feel concerned about the impact that LGBTQ would have on the social order, that straight-ness and heterosexual-ness would gradually disappear, and that the world is so unfriendly to straight people today. I felt that way in the past as well, until I realized that the language of transgender/asexual/whatever you want to call it gives me a language to truly make sense of my mental health journey and incorporate that into my personal story. I agree that this is just a characteristic and not all of me. Which was very important for me to journal about this and get it out, since keeping it all in will only trigger more dysphoria and depression.