Assumed Straight

Dear pill,

Thank you for saving me from monthly depressions. It has now been three years since I last had a menstrual depression, and I have gained a normal life. A bonus is that I don’t get 9 day long menstruations, with cramps for days, anymore.

You’re not always great and sometimes you make me feel sick often, especially when I’m tired or hungry, and I will probably have acne scars on my chin forever now.

Taking you has been weird, both because I was vocal about my period before you and then suddenly you made it disappear. It makes me uncomfortable to tell people I take you because they automatically assume I’m straight. Taking you as a lesbian has been tiring to explain, always leading me into the difficult topic of depression.

In the future, I hope I can be free of my menstrual depressions without side effects. But until then, I will take you daily because the side effects are small in comparison to the dark I was in before you.

Best wishes,
Your friend

Anonymous, Sweden