When I became deputy editor of Georgia Voice, I wrote an editorial disclaiming that I was a straight ally of the LGBTQ community.
Over the course of the year-and-a-half since, that has changed. I first thought I could be bisexual about a year ago, shortly after writing said editorial.
Understandably, it took a while for me to come to terms with it. At the time, I was in a five-year-long relationship with a man, and I was terrified of formally coming out as bi because I didn’t want to come across as appropriating the identity.
I’ve never been in a public-facing relationship with anyone other than a man, and queerness didn’t shape my experiences growing up.