gods I was in highschool 20 years before you! At least I didn't graduate 20 years before you, although, let's see, class of '85... 17 years?
I still wonder what's become of the friends I had there who either came out or who I suspect probably did after they'd moved to a safer place than the small FL town.
And it's funny to think about "still wasn’t much positive exposure of gay role models on television" in comparision to when I was in highschool. I don't think there was *any* then. The first person who I knew, who would actually say he was gay was someone from highschool, who was filling me in about his life on his first trip home from college. Then there was the one and only guy who was out at the college I went to - either that or I was simply oblivious about anyone else who was out, which is also possible.
Stuff like this always makes me thing. I hope you do well with the paper, and the class. It's interesting to read about!
your paper
I still wonder what's become of the friends I had there who either came out or who I suspect probably did after they'd moved to a safer place than the small FL town.
And it's funny to think about "still wasn’t much positive exposure of gay role models on television" in comparision to when I was in highschool. I don't think there was *any* then. The first person who I knew, who would actually say he was gay was someone from highschool, who was filling me in about his life on his first trip home from college. Then there was the one and only guy who was out at the college I went to - either that or I was simply oblivious about anyone else who was out, which is also possible.
Stuff like this always makes me thing. I hope you do well with the paper, and the class. It's interesting to read about!