# @shayheykid on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BwZ2tKylXDx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13174611-shayheykid-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/72f7a24d1f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-04-18T16:42:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shaina (@shayheykid) — https://gondola.cc/shayheykid

## Caption

A decade ago I was wrestling with my sexuality during an already daunting time, freshman year of high school. In retrospect, I had nothing to worry about because my family and friends were nothing short of accepting, but I didn't know that at the time. I had the preconceived ideas that anyone that believed in God would hate me and that I would be the only gay person in the school (lol we were small, but not THAT small). Then I found an internet haven  called TrevorSpace, a social media website that served as a way for LGBTQ+ youth to meet and support each other. If anyone knows me, they know that I would talk to a wall if it meant I got to socialize, so of course when I got on TS I talked to a lot of people. Over the years I've lost touch with a lot of them, but kept with a few. 
Last night, after ten years, I finally met Autumn! She cool. She’s from Delaware which is almost as small as beautiful Rhode Island, but when we met I didn’t know that, and I certainly didn’t think I’d be living close enough to meet her in person! My 15 year old self would've been *shooketh* if she knew that she would get a chance to hang with TrevorSpace friends!
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#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #trevorspace #trevorproject #thanksinternet 
#iphonexr

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trevorproject, thanksinternet, lgbtqia, lgbtq, trevorspace, lgbt, iphonexr

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