Omar Apollo on the exact moment he realized he was gay & why he may be perfect boyfriend material
New York Times, the two gay Mexican-American artists described their joint experiences of being closeted in high school.Omar Apollo with fashion designer Willy chavarria in an interview for @nytimes !?Linked below!
pic.twitter.com/EMnnypnI1aChavarria went first by detailing how he initially dated women in the ’80s.“Right before I went to high school, I was like, ‘I’m going to be the most sought-after kid in school.’ I went in and dated Susie, I dated Veronica, I was the homecoming king, boom, boom, boom.
I did it all in high school and then, as soon as it was over, I left,” said the Senior Vice President of Design at Calvin Klein. “I knew I needed to be free and, to be honest, my sexuality wasn’t fully realized until, well, way after Susie.”While Apollo grew up three decades later in a more accepting world, he too hadn’t fully come to terms with his authentic self during his high school years. “No, I didn’t even know I was gay.
OK, I did — but not really,” he told the outlet. “I was 17 when it really hit me, and I remember I was in the shower like, ‘Damn, that’s crazy.'” Gays of a certain age could only dream of such a calm, cool, and collected reaction.
