Gaïety: November 2003 Archives

I can't answer your questions for you. There was a time, long ago, when even I wanted, with all my soul, to be straight, despite coming from the liberal lot you well know. It was largely my perception of peoples' expectations of me that made me so miserable, to desire to change myself in this most fundamental way. These thoughts subsided as I came to realise that it wasn't a selfish thing, being true to my own feelings, that I wasn't in any way wrong; it is your right not to have to deny your own essence, but I understand that circumstances peculiar to your situation didn't play a part in mine; I didn't have to live with those concerns, and can only imagine how they must make life seem. You already know what I would say, but it isn't my place to give you answers that only you can arrive at. Keep talking.