But I wasn’t alone in my assumptions, nor was I the last to make them. Sign up for The Bold Italic newsletter to get the best of the Bay Area in your inbox every week. At some point, I learned that these are stereotypically gay male traits, and then I knew: I was going to grow up to be a gay man.
I was the first person to assume I was gay.Īs a kid, I talked with a lisp and hated sports, and I preferred to sing and study.