My First Time… Who Am I Kidding? Everything’s My First Time. I’m a 13-Year-Old Lesbian.

The first time I told my parents I was gay.

I was like 9. Sorry, no Lifetime movie moments here. I can’t even remember how it went down.

The first time I accidentally told the entire middle school I was gay.

I told one person, and they told one person, and they told another person. By the time lunch was over, everybody knew. The next day, the middle school held a meeting about my orientation and everybody treated me like I had only six weeks to live. Even the most popular girl was nice to me.