There are few better vehicles for outing yourself as a gay-in-the-making than the Christmas list you write up for Santa. What’s on it says a lot. When I was a kid, I asked for things like watercolor sets, musical instruments and books. Hmmm. Equally revealing is what isn’t on your list. I never asked for […]
Categories: gay,memoirs
Tagged: brothers, Christmas, coming out, dolls, gay, gender, outing, Santa, sterotypes, toys
- Published:
- December 22, 2009 – 11:14 am
- Author:
- By Kenneth Hill
A light-bulb memory of a moment which revealed the real me to others — and to myself. Rummaging through a box of books in the garage one day when I was 12 years old, I stumbled across a copy of the paperback edition of ‘Weep No More, My Lady,’* a biography of Judy Garland. Several […]
Categories: for the life of me,gay,memoirs
Tagged: coming out, gay, Judy Garland, Kenneth Hill, memoir, Weep No More My Lady
- Published:
- July 1, 2009 – 11:03 am
- Author:
- By Kenneth Hill