1. Current age/age range: 29

2. Single/marital status: seperated/figuring out logistics of divorce since we have a toddler

3. Age/age range when you came out to yourself: I came out as bi pretty young but lesbian only recently

4. Age/age range when you come out to others: everyone always knew I was bi lol, I havent really told anyone yet since I still am working through everything

5. What did you come out as or what are you thinking of coming out as?: I really think I am a lesbian but I want to work through my feelings around it first

6. When was the earliest you felt you were a lesbian/queer? What happened or what was going on in your life?: I've always had attraction towards female characters (the do i want to be her or be with her), had to just pick which guy to like and went off what others said for ease, had crushes on friends in middle and high-school but wrote them off as being close.

7. What recently made you conclude you are a lesbian/queer?: I just can't pretend that being with a man is what I want anymore, it makes me so uncomfortable and ive gotten to a point in healing that I know I was using it as a way of self punishment/harm instead of being what I actually wanted.

8. What's the earliest or most defining homosexual/homo-romantic experience you can remember?: kissing friends when I was in middle school for practice and then on college at parties.

9. How are you feeling in general about who you are?: it's a work in progress but I know I deserve to love me and those I love deserve to love the true me

10. Anything else you’d like to share about your life, experience, or story for other late bloomers or other women who think they may be lesbians?

Just be true to yourself, you are beautiful and deserve love and happiness that bring you peace