Also you gotta remember, back 24 years ago, the conversations, the narratives around sexuality were totally different. It could affect you professionally.
It could affect you personally. So for me it was something, with my therapist, I had to figure out who I was before I was prepared to share it with the rest of the world.
Once you step out on that stage you can’t step off. In that aspect, because it was so private for me, I wanted to keep whatever that was private with who I was with.
I didn’t want to have to share that with the world because there was a part of me that was ashamed.I think just like anybody else, we don’t feel comfortable being different.