Really? I didn’t hear about pride month til my 20s. I remember hearing about gay parades in California as a teen but that was about it. But like I said, most of my upbringing was in heavily traditional Christian areas so that wasn’t prioritized.
I traveled a lot as a kid. My parents are middle class type doctors and scientists. We moved too often to actually be middle class, so no one believes me when I talk about where I grew up. This is how I know where everything is in random places, I lived there. I count Hawaii and the PNW as home but lived in every western state, Scotland, northern England, and Germany.
The highschool I graduated from had the only gifted program in the area. It was also the biggest ghetto school. It was 50% black, 30% Mexican, and the white kids were often pressured to be gay or something to be different like everyone else. Imagine Hogwarts in the ghetto and you're at a good start. Since I was in the gifted program they just expected I was gay and Jewish. This proved especially true if I did a play or acted.
At the same time I was working at TV stations and got my first college degree. I also did internships at a space agency and helped study how the atmosphere bounces solar radiation and other objects on earth and Mars. Imagine Napoleon Dynamite had a really interesting life and you have me.
I've since gotten into history and anthropology, which got me to study videogames culture and History. This led to me working at conventions with arcades. The first group I met was arcade collectors and they invited me to shows. Eventually I wanted to make something that combined all of my talents. I imagined a place that used tech to tell stories that you participated in.
With Covid and the PNW dying I decided to move to Florida and get a degree in themed design. I also got married and became a foster parent.
So they forced you to be gay just to keep to your head down and blend in. And this shit is in the 2000s, whereas most people thought this is only a thing post Trump. Having a white minority group is probably why the social experiments started at places like your school.
You don't need to do an AMA, I already got what I wanted. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.
Really? I didn’t hear about pride month til my 20s. I remember hearing about gay parades in California as a teen but that was about it. But like I said, most of my upbringing was in heavily traditional Christian areas so that wasn’t prioritized.
I was actually pressured to be gay or at least overly sexual. It was awkward admitting I liked girls but not as much as I pretended.
Sorry to hear that. I definitely didn’t have to put up with that
Could you lean more into that please? I'm genuinely curious about your upbringing.
Did they thought you are gay because you don't talk about girls or you don't have much interest in getting one?
I traveled a lot as a kid. My parents are middle class type doctors and scientists. We moved too often to actually be middle class, so no one believes me when I talk about where I grew up. This is how I know where everything is in random places, I lived there. I count Hawaii and the PNW as home but lived in every western state, Scotland, northern England, and Germany.
The highschool I graduated from had the only gifted program in the area. It was also the biggest ghetto school. It was 50% black, 30% Mexican, and the white kids were often pressured to be gay or something to be different like everyone else. Imagine Hogwarts in the ghetto and you're at a good start. Since I was in the gifted program they just expected I was gay and Jewish. This proved especially true if I did a play or acted.
At the same time I was working at TV stations and got my first college degree. I also did internships at a space agency and helped study how the atmosphere bounces solar radiation and other objects on earth and Mars. Imagine Napoleon Dynamite had a really interesting life and you have me.
I've since gotten into history and anthropology, which got me to study videogames culture and History. This led to me working at conventions with arcades. The first group I met was arcade collectors and they invited me to shows. Eventually I wanted to make something that combined all of my talents. I imagined a place that used tech to tell stories that you participated in.
With Covid and the PNW dying I decided to move to Florida and get a degree in themed design. I also got married and became a foster parent.
Do I need to do a AMA?
So they forced you to be gay just to keep to your head down and blend in. And this shit is in the 2000s, whereas most people thought this is only a thing post Trump. Having a white minority group is probably why the social experiments started at places like your school.
You don't need to do an AMA, I already got what I wanted. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.