I can kind of see where they got their opinions of me, but it made me enormously self-conscious. I’ve never liked violent video games or talking about sex. I love to cook, and have been singing in school choruses since 4th grade. My iPod is full of Ellie Goulding, Florence + The Machine and Norah Jones, but utterly lacking in Korn, Metallica or Aerosmith. I love to read and write, and a lot of what I read is somewhat romantic. I’ll be the first to say that I’ve never been the most “masculine” individual. Back then, the other kids thought any person who was any bit different from them was gay, and attached a bad meaning to the word.
I finally garnered the courage to write to you about my particular problem, and I hope you can shed some of your wisdom on the situation.Įver since the 6th grade, people have been asking me if I’m gay. “Does your soul ever feel, you know, not so fresh?” Appearing here Wednesdays, Turning The Screw provides existential crisis counseling for the faint of heart.
