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Born Gay, Born This Way: A Photo Blog

Isaac, age 7, Karratha, Western Australia, 1995

_{Here I am with my two brothers in the dustbowl mining town of Karratha, where the dirt is red and the people are predominantly white. Being one of the few ethnic people in town didn’t bug me so much; I just assumed I was white like everyone else. Ah, the innocence of youth.}

_{At this point in my life I lived a blissfully unaware gay lifestyle: Having all female friends, really REALLY liking Catwoman, and always trying on my friends’ fake, plastic, high-heeled shoes when I went to their house.}

_{I actually didn’t realize I was even close to being gay until my graduating year of high school, so this photo is one of those things I look at now and think to myself — “How did I NOT know?!”}

_{Whenever I have a party at my house or friends come over, they all see this photo and piss themselves laughing. I share a pretty similar sentiment. I mean, look at me, I can’t tell whether I’m posing or trying to hold in a wee.}