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No One Should Be Scared To Be Who They Are

"Be who you are and say how you feel because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter." Dr. Seuss

Cassandra B.
Dec 30, 2017
No One Should Be Scared To Be Who They Are
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No one should be afraid to be who they are around anyone, at any time no matter what. But, here I am scared; scared to tell a million (or in reality maybe 20) computer screens who I am. There are two main reasons that I'm scared:

1) I have been told that who I am is wrong by many people

2) I care too much what people think about me

But today is the day. Today is that day that I am going to no longer hide who I am to anyone. I feel like now is the time because everyone that is super important to me already knows that I am not straight. I don't like using labels because then it confines you to a box. But for all you technical people, I would say that I am bisexual. However, I don't believe bisexual means 50% liking males 50% liking females, but that is for a different article. 

I've been scared to tell people this since I was in high school. Now, almost a college graduate, I am okay telling people because I know who I am isn't wrong anymore no matter what anyone in my one-stop-light little town has to say. I also know that life is bigger than caring what people think about you. Will I probably lose friends, followers, and maybe even family over this little announcement? Probably. What really matters is that I am happy being who I am. Shouldn't that be reason enough. 

This brings me to my last point. People fear this day from the time they know they aren't straight. They shouldn't. No one should be scared of being whoever they are be it gay, straight, a doctor, a lawyer, Atheist, Catholic, or Jewish. Be who you are on your terms not anyone else's. 

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