You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy.
From Portia de Rossi
I was very sexual from a very young age.
I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was.
In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.
I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.
When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name.
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