I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In terms of my work, I've never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life.
I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.
As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn't achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay.
I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.
Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life.
People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.
I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality.
Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them.
I'm proud of my sexuality.
From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.