I think B. I'd been in serious denial about it when you were visiting. Maybe not all that B. Long story. Tried to come out when I was in my 20s. Mom threw a psychotic fit over it in California when I went to read at a gay bar and she was visiting.
Dad figured it out before I did and has been wonderful. Siblings okay.
Really rather embarrassing not having the ovaries to deal with it earlier, and not dealing all that well with it even now.
People who knew me really well knew about the crushes on women and weren't surprised.
Funny, I actually like guys better now than when I was trying to sleep with them.
Ahhh, sorry, I have misconstrued and assumed and that was not very cool of me :( Reading back over your earlier post I see it wasn't as clear-cut as I remembered it.
I utter a big "phew" of relief (at avoidance of further internet wank) along with my apology, and a congrats on both the shortlisting and on your own continuing coming-out process.
More that the guys were assuming that all the women slash writers were straight, even Chip Delany, who will be talked to severely if he ever makes that claim again where I can read it. I think Delany would find some common ground with you as he did close readings and assumed certain absences in sexual passages meant queer sex (as in no breast in Hart Crane). I've sent him links to some of the things you've posted, don't know if he had time to read them.
Also, in passing... was just talking about this to a guy at work and was reminded of this stories about dinosaurs and sodomy. I presume you were aware of it, but I am rather amused at the idea that Centuries Ago might have fitted right in with the rest of the works at that workshop ;)
Gardner was chickenshit about _my_ sodomy stories. I know both those guys and they're much more mouth than tongue. Gardner did observe once that women were far more graphic in their talk about sex than guys ever were.
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mouseworks at 04:05pm on 16/03/2010
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I don't even.
So... congrats! But also... wtf?
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Dad figured it out before I did and has been wonderful. Siblings okay.
Really rather embarrassing not having the ovaries to deal with it earlier, and not dealing all that well with it even now.
People who knew me really well knew about the crushes on women and weren't surprised.
Funny, I actually like guys better now than when I was trying to sleep with them.
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I utter a big "phew" of relief (at avoidance of further internet wank) along with my apology, and a congrats on both the shortlisting and on your own continuing coming-out process.
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