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Dear John

This week, we asked our LGBTQ+ Instagram fam to "send a little message your younger self needed to hear." Well, get your tissues, because they had some truly inspiring things to say — more than FIVE HUNDRED COMMENTS, in fact, filled with laughter, love, and truth. From "find your tribe" to "don't marry her," the comments ran the gamut of emotions. Check out some of our favorites here [[link removed]].

And read on for some It Gets Better inspiration from the last couple of weeks.

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Must Watch This Week

How do you know when you're in a queer home? This video offers some obvious clues. Join our creator @heyykrista [[link removed]] on a queer coded home-decor tour — complete with some REALLY niche nods to queerdom.

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Must Read This Week

NEW on the guest blog: @nicolenly [[link removed]] describes how she thought the whole "sexual attraction" thing would fall into place as she got older and explored her lesbian identity, but...it didn't. And that's okay.

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