16 Realities Of Being In A College LGBT Group

Where we find support, friendship, and the struggle

1. Genuinely forgetting that most of the world is straight and cisgender

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It's a problem

2. After-hours trips to the local sweaty, pukey gay bar

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You know it's gross but you go anyway because it's what the community has to offer in terms of purely social meeting places and there's no way in hell that you're going to a straight bar.

3. Taking all the gaybies under your wing

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Because you were once one of those gaybies

4. Telling your Coming Out Story so much that you have it down to an elevator speech

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And you and your friends have memorized each other's

5. So many feelings to talk about

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6. When group members couple up

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If you're one of the couples, it's great. If you're The Single Friend it just sucks.

7. The straight kid at meetings who always wants to make it very clear that they are straight

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What are you even doing here?

8. The straight kid at meetings who is cool and stays in their lane

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Be like this person, straighties!

9. Being afraid to put your leadership position in the group on your resume

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Because legal protection for LGBT people from workplace discrimination does not exist in your state but if you don't put it it looks like you don't do anything except school.

10. Always having someone to be excited for you about your big date

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Straight people just don't get it.

11. When people say that homophobia is over because gay marriage is legal in the US now

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I have a rehearsed speech for that too.

12. "Both genders", "anyone, gay or straight"

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STAHP!

13. When professors say uninformed things about the community

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It's even more fun when you find out that your classmates who you thought were cool have some shitty worldviews in that department.

14. When your family members who you're not out to ask what you do outside of school

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yeah...I'm in this group...it's cool...

15. Finding advice on just about anything

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Want to learn how to put on makeup? Shop in the "opposite gender's" clothing department? Get some tips for coming out to your family? Sharpen your gaydar? Know a good shop to get that tattoo or piercing that you want? Find a therapist? Chances are, someone will be able to help you. If not, they can introduce you to someone who can.

16. Having a safe haven from a world that's rigged against you

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Going to college as an LGBT person can be scary no matter where you go. Making friends who share your struggle can save your life. By joining a group of people like you that meets regularly, you can have one place where you are guaranteed that the hateful world can't touch you.