Jennings sat in the back of my Eighth Grade homeroom until one day she stood up and said she wanted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance. Being LGBTQ+ myself, I didn’t care about the GSA, I just wanted to get close to her. She’s mysterious with a dark past. Just my type. As I got close to Jennings, in plain old Modesto, CA, my fear and panic intensified. Sometimes I have panic attacks but my life changed and with the help of my Mother, I changed.