Content warning: This article briefly mentions violence and discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people. It’s hard to be a queer person in this world, especially when you’re still discovering that part of yourself. As a millennial, homosexuality was still illegal in many parts of the world when I was born. Tasmania didn’t change its archaic laws until 1997, unlike most other states who had decriminalised it in the ’70s or ’80s. While laws may have changed, negative attitudes have certainly remained.