National Coming Out Day
Coming out, I once read, refers not only to the process of disclosing your identity to other folks, but also to yourself.
At TheNervousBreakdown.com, I wrote about coming out. I discussed my early crushes, innocent things from when I was in single digits. Desire is a teacher, a revealer.
I also talked about candy, the sweet stuff that is forbidden but craved.
An excerpt from TheNervousBreakdown.com:
I don’t remember Cherry’s real name, partially because the years have erased it, and mostly because I don’t care now about the truth of her.
I care about the truth of me.
About the truth of candy and of the difference between sharing it and giving it all away because the latter feels, strangely, safer.
I care about the truth in being one of God’s spies chasing the forbidden in a very Catholic, all-girls school.
I never intended to give it all away to Cherry, but she was a first, so she got it all anyhow.
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