I love this and the links! Michael is one of my favorite people these days….
Thank you to my friend Allison for sharing this wonderful NPR gem. While I may not have had the language for it at age five, I knew I was gay. I knew I was different and even knew I would never marry a woman. Now of course, it was 28 years before I allowed myself to look at the truth about my sexual orientation. When I talk to many other LGBT folks, they have a similar story: they knew around age five they were different. NPR recently did a story about a blog called, Born This Way! It really is a lovely blog with great photos and history. Looking at the blog is affirming and feels like you are going through LGBT archives. In the blogger’s own words:
So, some of the pix here feature gay boys with feminine traits, and some gay girls with masculine traits. And even more…
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Jani,
You are so wonderful! Thank you for reblogging this. Of course, now I fear you can tell how truly old I am by the picture of my husband and me from the very early 1970s.
Your fan,
Michael
Aw, I just want to know which one was Robin….;)
Robin is my husband. I’m the one with the lovely leisure suit and hat. 🙂
Fantastic. Dapper hat!
Why thank you. I’ve always been a slave to fashion:)