[Memories] Loving the bears, even growing up
Where I live, and where I work, I have to explain a lot of things about my life, and answer a lot of questions. Many here have never MET an openly gay man, and all the questions pop up...
"Well how did you know you liked guys??"
"How long have you been gay?"
And whether or not you believe it, I happen to be very aware of the fact that even as a child I was, well, very very gay. There's no two ways about it -- even as I look as pictures of myself as a child, I have to wonder: how did my parents NOT know? Was the power of denial TRULY that strong?
I remember being drawn to the men that I find attractive now, but I can't say it was because of attraction. Really, I can't explain WHAT it was, but there was something ... INTERESTING ... that was there that I couldn't explain, but now, twenty plus years later, it all makes perfect sense.
I mean, how many seven year olds fixate on Sebastian Cabot??
"Well how did you know you liked guys??"
"How long have you been gay?"
And whether or not you believe it, I happen to be very aware of the fact that even as a child I was, well, very very gay. There's no two ways about it -- even as I look as pictures of myself as a child, I have to wonder: how did my parents NOT know? Was the power of denial TRULY that strong?
I remember being drawn to the men that I find attractive now, but I can't say it was because of attraction. Really, I can't explain WHAT it was, but there was something ... INTERESTING ... that was there that I couldn't explain, but now, twenty plus years later, it all makes perfect sense.
I mean, how many seven year olds fixate on Sebastian Cabot??