✊ I wish it weren't a fight, but it is. You deserve to be as you are and anyone who denies and opposes another's right to simply exist is simply wrong.
I'm sorry you had to deal with what is an all too common scenario for lgbt people. Just know you made the right decision. Living your one singular life on this planet in a way that's false and depleted just to appease people who don't actually care about the real you, your comfort or happiness? That's not a way to live.