my coming out story
Once upon a time groups of people in different societies decided what the rules were regarding sexuality and love. Luckily for us those rules have already evolved a lot throughout the centuries—or we’d still have crazy laws like ‘Prima Nocta’—but we still have a long way to go (especially in less developed parts of the world). Different societies have different rules, and even here in the West there is quite some disagreement about what is ‘acceptable’ when it comes to relationships. Because, of course, it’s everyone’s business who other people love consensually. #sarcasm. And yet we all have opinions about what others do. There are those who go as far as ruining people’s lives (or even taking them) because they don’t share the same sexual desires. Or perhaps because they do, but that’s a whole other discussion… I’ve been lucky being born where I was, surrounded by the people who are part of my life. No one blinked when I realized I was bi-sexual. It was just normal. I...