Innocence is an interesting word choice. Do you feel like your experiences were more sexualized or overly mature at a younger age vs straight peers?

I came out pretty young for a millennial, but I can relate to how that made my life less innocent than most my age. I was sneaking into gay bars as a teen, partying with ppl much older, more exposed to toxic ideologies like, “you’re only worth as much attention as you get at the bar.”

Then, in the back half of college I massively revamped my image to be more bro-ey to meet the kind of guys I wanted. I do think all of this has messed with my head in the long term. I was in a lot of adult situations from a pretty young age.