Do you guys have friends? How?

I’ve read that loneliness is much more common among gay people than straight people. It makes sense. We live in a very straight world. We are different. People don’t like different. Unless you live in a big city, there really aren’t a whole lot of us out there to connect with. So we have to rely on straight people for social interaction, which isn’t easy either for obvious reasons. That doesn’t leave us with a whole lot of options. Then you add the anxiety and identity issues that comes with being different, it becomes seemingly impossible.

That’s where I am right now. It really sucks. I have no one. I don’t have friends. I don’t know any other gay people. I live in a pretty conservative area and can’t move. I don’t know what to do. The loneliness gets so much worse on Friday and Saturday nights because I really want to go out and have fun and make memories. I have no one to do it with.