Archive for the ‘Growing up Gay’ Category

Nov
2006
01

Suddenly Suzie…

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Suddenly Suzie…
By Suzanne Marie Calvin
www.SuzanneMarieCalvin.com

I’m not sure if I was born gay.

 
I do know I was born different.
 
My entire life has been 41 years of getting to know myself, while living between four walls that stressed that being “Ozzie and Harriet” normal was, well, “good.”

Apr
2006
27

This is my story

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I said goodbye that day, not wanting her to leave missing her before she walked out that door, tears streaming down my face holding onto her smell I knew I would never smell again. How could I say goodbye to the woman of my dreams? How could I say good bye [...]

Feb
2006
20

Born Gay?

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I don’t think anyone is born gay, at that age we don’t really know much but eating, sleeping and shitting is about all we know. Now as we begin to grow, learn and mature our emotions and desires may bring out the gay in you. I know for myself as I was growing up, I [...]

Mar
2005
01

Tracking back.

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I got sucked into reading Queer In America last night and managed to devour three chapters before realizing I should probably get some sleep or at the very least try to get some sleep. So far, I’m interested in the book, but also annoyed with some of the assumptions (that all closets are bad, that [...]

Sep
2004
27

the day it all added up…

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most people have a hard time believing you can actually go through your entire childhood and teen years without drama… but not her… she’s always been too focused on everything else to actually notice either guys or girls she could potentially date…
now looking back, she doesn’t feel like it was intentional or anything… it just [...]

Sep
2004
24

My First

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When I was in the 9th grade I already knew I was “different”. I just never knew that my friend Theresa was as homosexual as I had been. We had been friends since the 7th grade and we were real close. We talked about all kinds of “teen” girl issues. We even touched on the [...]

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