What led to your sexual awakening? (Please keep this SFW).

Please keep this SFW so I can read from my work computer.

I remember being enamored of Freddie on the Scooby Doo cartoon. He was young and handsome. Yes, my first crush was an animated young man.

When I was awakening, there were no out celebrities other than Elton John, who came out as bisexual at first because it was less controversial. When I was in high school, the late night sitcom Soap had Billy Crystal playing a gay man, and it was revolutionary to me.

Events didn’t line up to allow me to come out, and that’s caused me great anguish over a lifetime.

I’m thrilled that there’s so much healthy representation now. The show Heartstopper was sweet to watch. There are out celebrities all over the place in many different fields. We have marriage equality in many countries.

My trans brothers and sisters face egregious restrictions now, but I have hope things will improve.

What about you? Did you have a crush? Were you agog over a celebrity? Whom did you look at and just know that your desire was more than skin deep? Maybe you remember desiring a person at school.

Again, please keep this SFW. I’m at work and want to follow the thread.