I think I was about 13...

having a crush on a girl for the first time. For me it also became clear from this time on (first year of high school), that even in a public middle school in Rotterdam you stand out as an extrovert biculturly raised kid (half Dutch half Greek), especially during this eurocrisis. As a (at that time only female) I felt comfortable telling my friends first when I was fifteen year old, coming out as a bisexual was very freeing, not having a secret, since I did date two girls before that without telling anyone.

I feared that...

people would think I changed and awkward vibes in changing rooms during PE. With my queer best homie we did get accused for this ones by some popular b*tch but of course we didn't ever, especially not to her. My outcome was very freeing and overall positive. The boys did ask first things first: would you fuck ... which was funny and awkward at the same time.

My parents I did tell 1 year later...

even though my mom is SUPER open minded, she still grew up and lived until 36 y/o in Greece, which still is a very homophobic country nowadays.Their reactions was sweet and funny, my dad said, well okay, sounds nice,  now you have more options to date people. They took it more seriously when I got my first girlfriend (2.5 years long) and they adjusted super well.

Coming out is the most freeing feeling. And if people don't accept you for you, they are not worth it. And coming out for a second or a third time is quite normal, since coming out and figuring out your sexuality&gender is a life long proces where you keep becoming more and more your true self.

My non-normative position does play a role in my student life. As a neurodivergent, queer, genderfluid, bicultural person I am shortly said fluid in everything. In Delft I became a diversity factor and felt that for the first time considering that Dutch bachelors are mainly white (conservative) men. Really weird experience, dont love it. But soon enough it became my power when I started embracing standing out, since whatever I do, I am OUT there in every way anyways, diversity & inclusion is an important part of my life and spreading awareness about this through being a co-founder of Student Onbeperkt (studentplatform for & by student with a disability) and being a part of Latin dance association SoSalsa & of course of LGBTQIA+ association Outsite.