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[–]knownasness 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it was fun. i goofed off way too much though. it was the early 2000s. there were a dozen or so of us(out of nearly 400) that were out. we didn't wear rainbow gear or have a coalition or club(but we all did play on 1 or more of the same sports teams), it was just another thing we had in common. some of us were involved(not with each other) but we didn't date inside the school. it was normal to us back then but now i'm wondering if it was a gay thing? like maybe subconsciously we didn't want that on display for whatever reason? idk. but yeah. it was a super 'normal' hs experience, i even joined in with the straight girls when they talked about the cute boys in the school. one of said boys had a crush on ME for one year. which was weird. cause i'm masculine. but i mean. whatever. hahah. hs was dope man. if i could do it all over, i def would, but i would hate to have to do it during THIS time. not the virtual learning part, but the TRA taking over everything part. i was able to have a normal hs experience because i didnt center my entire personality around being gay and neither did anyone else. i cannot say that that would be the case if i were in hs today and that sucks. sorry you didnt get to be your truest self at such a critical age <3