be myself and be proud of who I am

When I hear homophobic comments I don’t know If I should ignore them or reply to them, all I know is that most of the time they bother me, and make me feel like I shouldn’t be listening to them. All I know is that I should be this scared to even “appear lesbian” just like I wouldn’t be If I were straight. Anyway…
What I’ve been doing about it is: I’m coming out to my close friends and my familly (my mom) as bisexual. But… I’m still not sure if I should reply to those ignorant comments, because I really don’t think I can change other peoples minds.

I better figure out who I am.

I don’t feel the way others see me is the right picture of who I am. I have gotten so afraid to be rejected because of my sadness/depression, that I don’t dare showing it to anyone.