Sometime around 6th grade, I came to the realization that I must be gay. I was a smart kid and knew that, since these feelings for guys were so strong and lasting, something had to be up. It was hard coming out to myself because I knew it meant that my life would not be the same simple path I had envisioned for myself. Basically, ever since I could remember, I had seen myself marrying a nice girl and having a family and kids of my own -- I just needed to have my own kids someday. This mentality explains how I handled myself with girls at a young age (see Part I). Finally, I faced the facts and came to the conclusion that I could either be a miserable fuck, or simply accept my fate and embrace being gay. In case you haven’t noticed, I went with the latter.
Ultimately, I was more terrified of being a closeted fourty-year-old with kids and an empty marriage than an openly gay fourty-year-old with my man, my soul-mate and no kids… besides, there’s always advances being made in the baby making department; in vitro, surrogates, cloning. I didn’t know what was going to happen in terms of having kids but I knew that I had to focus on being happy, being me, and the rest would fall into place. If I was ever going to find Mr. Right, I would have to ditch these fears of being gay and start looking eventually.
Still, it was difficult. I didn’t want to screw myself over socially, and I was still coming to terms with the whole gay thing myself. So I kept my mouth shut. Obviously, this took a toll on me psychologically. I became a hypocrite, and I hated myself for that. I would hear people use “gay” or “fag” as a derogatory slurs or to bash some kid for being a wimp, a loser, or an otherwise undesireable person. It killed me to hear the word, my ears would burn, and it always hit a chord.
“Fagget!”
'Yep that’s me,' I would think to myself. I even used the words in the same fashion myself from time to time, just to ward off any suspicions. I didn’t do it often though, because it stung my confidence and self-esteem each time. But still, the accusation came up publically one time when I was a freshman in high school. We were hanging out after school behind out town’s center shops, and the moment the kid said it I felt the adrenaline course through my veins, my heart beat through my chest as I felt the lump start to form in the back of my throat.
“Na man, I’m not gay,” was all I could say. It hurt then and it still hurts now, but there wasn’t anything I could do about it. Society had convinced me that being gay was wrong and more frowned upon than dishonesty, so I lied and claimed to be straight for as long as I could.
The summer before my senior year of high school, I came out to my friends and classmates. I planned to come out at that time, when I was at the top of the high school social hierarchy, just to try to change the perceptions of my younger peers and show all the other homos and normies that it's okay to be gay. After all, I was the student class president, captain of the wrestling team, and in the top ten percent of my grade academically, so if this guy’s gay maybe it’s not so bad to be a homo.
It was a small town and I have yet to see any measurable impact on the younger generation, but I like to think that I changed some perceptions. I guess it’s also part of the reason I brought my act to the internet as a porn star; to change the minds of those closeted gays out there who still think homosexuality is only synonymous with flamboyant fairies who wear make-up and dance around in drag. There are a lot of butch, socially acceptable guys out there who are more attracted to other masculine guys than girls, and I’m just one of them. If you are one of those fairies please don’t be offended by this, because I love you girls and I know how sensitive you can be.
Anyways, I know a lot of you gays have been waiting for this, so here’s how I lost my v-card… Before I get into this, I am warning the reader that there is going to be some graphic content in the form of gay butt-sex, so if you are not interested in reading such things, or know me personally, consider this your only warning. To any of my friends that come across this blog, if you do read on and find yourself wishing you hadn’t, then you only have yourself to blame. The following is a true story:
Thanks for this post. I had a very similar experience when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteJust came across your blog after seeing it on Twitter. Definitely helped me think about my sexuality more. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your posting....you write well, and your honesty is really refreshing.
I'd like to change the subject for a moment, and ask you a question. Given all the discussion that has taken place about bullying in schools, I'd like to get your take on what is the appropriate course of action to confront and minimize (I don't know that it is possible to completely stop) harassment and bullying of vulnerable kids.
I am having some problems with the approach that "the powers that be" recommend, which is focused almost exclusively on some variation of "reporting" and "punishment." Not that those are bad things, but it seems to me the problem is more complex than that and to really stop the problem at its roots, something more needs to happen. I'm still forming my thoughts on this so my thinking is a work in process. But you're obviously not far removed from that world, and you're obviously clued-in and have perspective that is likely very relevant, so I'd be very interested in your thoughts.
P.S. - I'm from Boston also, my boyfriend and I live north of the city.
I think this is a good way to make men brave enough to come out.
ReplyDeleteI am brave enough to admit it. I have not done it because I'm sure my father would stop giving me money and I'd not be able to finish my carreer.
As soon as I become the engineeer I'm planning to be, I'll come out. I'm pretty sure everyone will be dissapointed at me, but I never choosed having been born gay. I was BORN THIS WAY.
Reading your post makes me think about my life as a gay man in the past, present and future. I bear the same thought in mind and sign up for lavender marriage and fool myself into believing that I am normal when I have a wife and kids. But seeing other gay guys being content and happy with their lives like you are now kinda breathe hopes upon me and make me feel that I deserve to be happy like over people too. I like your blog, Adam. Keep it coming.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you ever come back to your blog but as an 18 year old coming to terms with my sexuality it is comforting to read that even someone in the adult film industry has gone through something similar
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