In retrospect, it's obvious that my fourth grade teacher was gayer than Neil Patrick Harris during Fleet Week. Mr. Roy introduced me to musical theatre,
positive male role models, and the notion that men can wear color. I didn't realize he was gay until my mom mentioned it in passing while we were
discussing my friend's coming-out when I was sixteen. (Mr. Roy grew up in the same neighborhood as my mom.)
Mr. Roy was the best teacher I ever had, and I think it's partly why I have such an affinity for gay men as an adult. And why I think it's nice when
men wear salmon-colored ties.
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Some of my father's co-workers were gay, but that didn't really have such an impact on me compared to my when my best friend came out to me in high
school. That's when I started appreciating how difficult it is to be yourself in an overbearingly "straight" society. BTW my friend was a girl.
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My 7th grade science teacher. Everybody knew he was gay though (granted, in 7th grade the word gay gets tossed around to just about everybody). He wore purple
shirts, had a lisp, and his hall pass was a pink unicorn.
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Posts: 2184 (05/11/08 1:42 PM) Lazy ass bitch, please |
Probably our high school guidance counselor, Mr. Craig. We all considered him effeminate, but I don't know that most of us put the gay label on him. He was
a sweetheart.
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I think my English teacher, but he was married!
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My 17 year old camp counselor; I was 12. We kissed and I told my mom about it.
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sadllama wrote: That still happens today. Blah. My history teacher is really effeminate, but he's married with kids and he's old and stuff. I know there is this gay guy who works in the school, I dunno what he does though, I think he's a teacher's aid.
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Tres Gay wrote:
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Posts: 2185 (05/11/08 2:00 PM) Lazy ass bitch, please |
Bernard Wrangler wrote: Yeah, I had lots of doh! moments like that.
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I think the first gay guy I remember meeting was my cousin's ex-bf, who flounced around in sequinned shirts and platform shoes, way before it was
"acceptable" to flaunt yourself in such a way. I remember my mom was very worried he was going to get beaten up, because all the other guys at our
school were very macho sporty types who didn't take too kindly to a makeup-wearing boy.
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Shag wrote: that might explain why I didn't realize my own sexuality until later |
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My best friend in second grade.
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Well sure, who could live up to that kind of kickassness?
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My junior high spanish teacher, Mr. Hinojosa. He wore pink a lot and I think his glasses were women's frames. The other kids were very cruel to him. I
had heard stories that some would bring him maxi pads as gifts. In my class, the kids were just mean. He was nicknamed "Mr. Hino-joto". I always
felt bad for him and did my best to be nice to him and a good student in his class. He was a good teacher.
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I don't know. The only people I know are gay are the one's that made a point to tell me. It never occured to me in life to ask everyone I meet what they like to do for sex. I also do not label because of style, music preferences, how butch or effeminate a person is, or any of the other stereotypes. I had a friend growing up who was very effeminate. I never asked him, but one day he volunteered that he was straight and he stated that he hated that people assumed otherwise. Was he? Was he in denial? Don't know, don't care. Said he was straight so I assume he was/is. I don't need gaydar... I am not gay. |
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My best friends brother. Who then was also the first person I knew of who died of aids complications.
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