Was there a moment you realized that you were gay?

[East]

Mine was an exact moment...I think it was my sophomore year in High School...I was getting ready for school before breakfast and it occurred to me consciously I was gay for the first time...I hung around with a band of gay boys and lesbians (this was in the early 70s)....my best friends were three Wiccan Lesbians who had the Stevie Nicks vibe...a lesbian that dressed up like Liza Minnelli...a gay guy who dressed up like Sylvester when he was in Sylvester and the Hot Band...a gay guy who idolized David Bowie and dressed alot like him...and then there was me and Jim who were both rather ordinary in comparison...we had alot of fun in HS.

I told my whole family five minutes after it occurred to me I was gay,...my mom and dad and brothers...I had zero problem because truthfully i felt lucky to be gay....not cursed or doomed. This is why I rarely offer help to people coming out or who are afraid of coming out...I can't relate. Being gay is a special gift IMO. I know that is out of step with alot of people's experience but it is how I felt.