How did y'all make queer friends ?

Did you meet openly queer people and felt safe to come out ? Did you have a friend that came out to you and you did as well ? Did you come out to them directly ?

Cause I feel like this will be the only way to get me out of this situation where I’m closeted as hell and have no one IRL to talk to about those issues. If my university had some GSA type of thing I'd join it, but I don’t think this exists here.

I feel blocked in expressing myself in public, whether it's my family or friends or complete strangers. Giving my birthname to new people sometimes really feels bad (I still use it but I wouldn't use it /as much/ if I could decide) Buying masc clothes, putting my hood on, and other silly things like these feel insanely good on the inside but they feel wrong as long as I'm around others.

I want people with whom I'll be able to be and use what I want at any moment. Like I do here. So I /need/ queer friends. The thing is my friends are all labeled as cis and Idk if any of them is queer cause if they are, no one ever came out to me. And besides the potential ace ring wearer I've already talked about, no one leaves any hint. I sometimes find queer people on the street but I’m not asking them "hey you cool can we be friends" cause they're complete strangers.

I wanna know how you surrounded yourself with queer people. In highschool I was but they all left to study elsewhere. Some I still have contact with but yk not the same and I'm still scared to come out to them cause Idk how to say it, but that's another point.

Anyway I’m a bit lost and need advice

-Neo [they/she]