sapphicasha:

Honestly so much of the way I interact with other women is based on my experiences as a young, closeted, scared lesbian that it’s bordering on sad.

I feel awkward telling my friends that they’re attractive if they’re women because I’m scared they’ll take it the wrong way. I feel weird hugging other women because I’m scared they’ll thing I’m coming onto them. I never ever have a conversation while in a locker room/changing room with other women even if they’re my friends. I always go over everything I might say and how it could possibly be interpreted before saying it because what if they think I’m hitting on them? And it’s not even just with straight friends either. I have the exact same issue when speaking with other lesbians and with bi women and pan women and questioning women and women who are attracted to other women in general.

So this is your daily reminder that if you’re experiencing this, you’re not alone in it, and no matter what your internalized homophobia/biphobia may tell you, being attracted to women doesn’t make you inherently predatory or bad, no matter what you were told by others when you were younger or get told by homophobes now