What mom cares about most is that I'm happy, healthy and enjoying my life.
I don't have the luxury of doing things privately.
Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.
I came out around 25 publicly.
I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys.
I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I don't look at sexual orientation as that big of a deal. It's just an orientation.