I had my first gay experience wh my child hood bt iend that lived down the road om me I thk we were about 8 or 9 years old. So I remember that - Simply Confs

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• MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND

MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND

It's no secret that growg up gay n be a lonely experience.

At tim, many gay men feel as though they're the only on experiencg certa thoughts and feelgs, on that society still often ems abnormal. So when a gay man first bonds wh someone else who intifi as gay or queer, 's evably a total lightng bolt moment. I'm no longer close wh my first gay iend, Jam, bee we're very different people now.

But I still remember clumsily g out to him after a Le Tigre ncert and him sayg, "I thk I'm gay, too. " He was hot—I thk everyone thought so—but I didn't thk he was gay. Then we started chattg and he said "I'm gay" the most offhand way.