chapter 4

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When i was in elementary school a part of me knew i was gay, my girl friends would talk about boys and tune out...
I thought it was because i wa tomboy and i wasn't other girls
In reality i felt left out....

I grew up in a liberal city so i had questions about gay people and marriage...but the adults were more conservative
Their everyday talk was
"Gay marriage is wrong"
"2 boys or 2 girls cant marry,can they"

I thought that maybe only boys and girls could like each other as gay relationships were portrayed as solely hypersexual and dirty to me

So i forced myself into thinking that i liked boys only...

When i turned 8,i was invited to  slumber partu with my 13 year old cousins and their friends

So ofc the subject of boys came up that night
And i lied and said "i had a boyfriend " so that they'd think im cool

We all talked about boys untill one girl said
"Well im bi so theres a girl that i like rn"

Suddenly something clicked

"Girls can like other girls??"

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