Let’s start with a story, shall we?
I grew up in a small beach town that had a strange population dichotomy consisting of a large LGBT community coinciding and coexisting with a suburban, conservative mentality. My family, unfortunately for me, belonged to the latter camp. Because of the large gay population, we were used to seeing LGBT folks around, which is why this particular tale sticks out in my mind.
One day when I was in about the sixth grade, my sister came home from the boardwalk with an interesting announcement. “Oh my gosh Julie, you won’t believe what I saw today!”
“What? What is it?”
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