To be honest, I want to rant because I feel like the people around me just don't understand where I'm coming from. To start, I'm not very pretty, one of my eyes drifts on occasion, and on top of that, I'm a black, dark-skinned femme which makes things even harder. I've never dated, let alone kissed anyone, which is starting to get to me. I live in a pretty open and gay-friendly area, so I know that I'm the problem. I've put myself out there, but I've had no luck and ended up being ghosted each time. To distract myself, I mostly focus on school and my hobbies, but I'm getting to the point where I think I might just give up. My other femme friends are all beautiful, light-skinned or white, and sociable. I would like to preface that I am not at all implying that the only reason I haven't found someone is because I'm black, as I can, at times, be very awkward and soft-spoken, but I feel that being slightly below average black women makes it harder. I've talked to friends about this, but they can't seem to understand where I'm coming from and keep assuring me that someone will come along. I just want to know if there are any other poc queer women out there who understand how I feel. Thank you.