Growing up in an immigrant family that was heavily influenced by Pentecostalism, it was very (and still is) hard to champion my sexuality and individuality without feeling some form of fear or shame.
Gender stereotypes ran rampant in the roles of my home, certain mannerisms would automatically be called out as “too gay” or “too tomboy”, and ofc I was smacked with the lesbian allegations when I went through a ‘yuge sports phase.
