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[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 18 insightful - 4 fun18 insightful - 3 fun19 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I don't remember how old I was, but our class had more boys than girls, so some pairings were boy with boy sometimes. And I was paired always with girls in dances and other stuff, however, once I was assigned with boy, and when I was holding his hand and dancing with him...oh my, that was something different. I felt myself so lost, so weird, so good. USSR was very homophobic, so I was not sure what it was, but I found myself so much more ingaged when around boys and when looking on boys, that I knew something is different with me. At first I thougt somethign is wrong, but illegal radiostation "Voice of America" once spoke about gay men and that it is normal, that was when I realised I am gay.

[–]indeepshadowsBi woman[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Holy shit! I grew up not knowing homosexuality was something that existed, but I can only imagine that their existence was an even greater secret in the USSR. That must have been so isolating. I'm glad your first introduction to the concept of homosexuality was a positive one, though!