“Since before I can remember, I have hated hearing someone say the word, ‘gay.’ I came out when I was 18 years old. And to this day, it is the hardest thing I have ever done. After I came out, I faced bullying, rejection, and depression. But, with the lows came the highs—one of which was when I finally became, the holy grail, ‘gay best friend’.
Despite the gay best friend (GBF) often being thought of as ‘the hottest accessory’, it was, and still is, a label that weighs heavily on my mind. According to the movies, I should have loved my unpaid position as the straight girl’s best friend/agony aunt. Always listening to her boy problems and being her comedy side queen should have been an honour. But in reality, I realised