"Hi, there. My name is Emma Stein and I’m out here today talking about same-sex marriage. Is that something you support?"

“Absolutely not. It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve for a reason.”

I have to say, as an openly gay teenager, dating and relationships haven’t come very easy to me. However, this isn’t because of homophobia or fear of what others think; it’s mostly because there aren’t many openly gay teenagers as young as me. I have experienced some forms of homophobia—not just within dating and relationships—but I haven’t let it stop me from being who I am.