So I just created an account on this mess of a website just to say this: it is not a phase. No sexuality is ever a phase. And that's because it can't be a phase if you were never that sexuality to begin with. If you ever came out as/ identified with a specific term and then decided you actually weren't said term, it was simply a phase of exploration. Seeing what feels right. And that's okay! There's nothing bad about getting something wrong every once in a while. So next time someone says 'it's just a phase', don't let it get to you, because you know theyre wrong.