your support means a lot. The quicker everyone realizes it's difference that makes us strong instead of separating us, the better off we'll all be.
God, I hated high school. I enjoyed the education, don't get me wrong. It was the hostile environment I hated. If I had known even just one other gay person at the time it would have made all the difference in the world.
I just got back in contact with my best friend from ninth grade. Neither of us had any idea the other was gay. It's so cool to be able to talk about it now.
I've only made contact with one other high school acquaintance. Turns out he was gay, too. He and his partner have a B&B near Palm Springs now. I found out much later that one of the first-string high school football team was gay, too. Each of us had a totally secret crush on the other, but there again, it probably would have been death to have admitted it. I'm grieved to report that HIV took him from the earth in the 80's. It would have been nice at least to have talked.
Y'always wonder about the ones who got away or left us too soon. I've no doubt I'd still have ended up with the partner I have now; soulmates seem to find one another regardless. With all the negative way-back-when, I know how very lucky and blessed I am now.
And that, as Robert Frost wrote, has made all of the difference.
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