April 12, 2003
Sex and the Internet
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“The Internet really helped the rest of us…”
l“I was totally ostracized after coming out, and I almost went crazy. All my friends at school
dumped me. I didn’t do any work at all. I stopped going to any activities I was in, like sports because there I was
not welcome either. I gained weight, and was mercilessly hounded because of that. I was teased, rejected, and taunted
because I was different. Then I found people like me, teenagers across the country who were fighting themselves, trying
to be different to make people happy, and being miserable themselves. One of my friends committed suicide. But, the
Internet really helped the rest of us, and now I’m out and happy with it.”
— Sea, age 13
— Sea, age 13