gay family

I was always a strange child. I never once felt like I fit in. My childhood was full of hate and fear, but most of all confusion. I was brought up being told to never disobey my parents and never talk back. I never felt like I belong.

I am three years younger than my sister and have three girl older cousins. When I was younger, we used to go spend weeks at my cousins’ house. They live out in the country, surrounded by vast wilderness. One year I stayed the whole summer there. My older cousins and I would run out to the middle of fields and talk about everything. I would mainly listen. I was...