I grew up in a small conservative town and used to feel like kind of an anomaly for liking dudes, but I just started college in the city and I feel like more than 1 in 4 of the guys I met end up liking guys too, so that’s cool. It’s not even a liberal arts college, just a regular ass place so I guess that’s sort of become the norm in a lot of areas

I honestly used to assume straight men wouldn’t want to be friends with me if I told them I liked guys, but seeing tons of gay and bi guys being in all male friend groups + frats that completely accept them honestly made me feel a lot better about my identity this past year. I don’t think I’d be comfortable coming out if I didn’t see it as normalized, not just tolerated