The 10 Best LGBTQ-Friendly Small Towns in the US

[Sympthsical]

3. I scrolled down looking for Saugatuck

Growing up, my neighbors had a weekend place there along a river for fishing and camping things. I was friends with their son, and they took me now and then. The mom knew I loved astronomy, so she'd wake me up at 2am to go outside and see how clear the sky was.

We kept going over the years, and it wasn't until I was a teenager (and a closeted gay one at that) before I started looking around town and thinking, "Wait a minute . . ."

Now my Chicago LGBT friends mention it all the time, and I still haven't been as an out adult. Maybe something to put on the summer list after all these years.