[gaea]

I always knew i was different somehow.....just didnt understand until later in life that i was ok and by later i mean 25

I remember speaking with my aunt and her partner in 1979 and i distinctly remember my mother calling my aunts partner a husband talk about a confused little girl as i adamantly distressed that my Aunt had a wife and how dare my mother call my aunts wife a husband ...

When i was in junior high i didn't understand crushes on boys...so i never participated in the "boy" conversations my friends had with each other

In high school and a new city, all my friends were out...(i wasn't yet)

I came out in 1995 after a marriage and 3 kids....blew the doors off as i wasted no time telling anyone who would listen ...when i told my dad he said "about time", when i told my mom she said "it's a phase"

As a femme i have to come out all the time.....

I have recently found about 30 cousins i had no idea existed and they are all on my facebook....I post a lot of things on fb regarding gay rights and such however today just for my cousins in case they didn't know already I came out yet again....

I do not live my life in the closet i haven't since 1995 and i will never again because prior to coming out i was a most unhappy girl...