I grew up in a conservative Christian family and believing I was a straight ciswoman was almost a security blanket. In highschool, I was no longer homeschooled and went to a private school. I started going on the internet and began challenging a lot of the beliefs I held, due to my upbringing. I had been taught that gay men were gay because they had been sexually abused when they were little, men who dressed as women had opened themselves to the devil and the way we could tell was because they were masquerading as women. I didn't even know that women could be gay, or that you could be a gender that didn't align with your biology. I realized I was bisexual first. I've been making art since I was little, so I had a convenient excuse as to why I was checking out girls (my thought process literally was "I just need drawing references to learn how to draw people, I definitely don't think the pastor's daughter is hot."). I came out as nonbinary last year, shortly after I turned 25. I've been struggling fully accepting my identity since then. Joining this subreddit has been so affirming for me. Someone else posted about how they used to think it would be so cool to be nonbinary before they realized that they were nonbinary and I related so hard. Keep on being awesome, comrades!