![]() ![]() I told them I wanted to stay home and suggested to Peter he come over then. And where would we even meet? I couldn’t get to his place and the idea of someone seeing me with a strange man in town panicked me.Īt the end of the summer, my family decided to take a day trip. I was excited, but way too nervous to do anything about it. I agreed to tell him my name and even send him a photo of myself. I began to realize we had a lot more in common than handball. I was happy and excited because at last I’d found someone I could confide in, someone who had survived adolescence and had all the answers. He told me he was the handball referee in the neighboring town. I thought this would be a good place to meet like-minded people, find the answers to all my questions, and all the while remain anonymous. The idea of meeting people over the internet was still very new.Įverything changed when I found a website where gay men could meet online. There were no role models that I could relate to, and it was back in the early 2000s, long before social media. At the time I didn’t have anyone I could talk to about it. The summer I turned 13, I’d almost managed to accept that I’m gay. I didn’t have many close friends before I started high school, even though I played handball and was outgoing.
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