‘At first I thought I loved her as a special friend, but that’s when I started questioning myself. ‘So I tried to push that thought away until I fell in love for the first time.’ ‘Being gay wasn’t an option for me,’ Mary continued. She explained that while she always knew she liked girls, she comes from a very catholic family. She’s 16 years old, turning 17 this June. Well call us Sherlock because we’ve got your mystery solved. There’s usually a lot of mystery around where these hashtags actually come from. You may have noticed the different hashtags that fill your timeline – from #queersoftwitter to #embracethequeer. Every Sunday, young queer people take to Twitter to share pictures of themselves.
