In seventh grade, I realized that I had a crush on my best friend. With horror, I decided I must be a lesbian—13 years old and living in a sheltered suburb outside Philadelphia, I thought this was the end of my life.
I had never seen or known of any real-life lesbians. The future I assumed that I would have went *poof*, and I could no longer imagine living through it.
Who was I to pave the way as the first lesbian ever? A year or so later, I had the stunning realization that I had a new crush on a boy in my class.
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