text: I'm sorry you're struggling and feeling invalidated. People can be so unsupportive and cruel. My kid has many LGBTQ friends who are feeling the way you are because of unsupportive people.  I can sit here and psychoanalyze you, but I'd just be regurgitating what I learned here, so I'll just refer to you to this website: [URL](URL) My kid's friends have done it and it's helped them--especially the LGBTQ community (they suffer from more mental health issues than straight people). <3