5 Reasons Being Gay Is A Superpower

So, the title of this episode is 5 Reasons Why Being Gay Is A Superpower.

Now, I titled this episode that way because I actually say all the time that I believe that being gay is a superpower.

And in this episode, I'm kind of going to unpack a little bit as to why I say that, okay, and why I think that.

based on my own lived experience.

And I do want to preface that like everything that I'm going to discuss in this episode is very much my personal lived experience.

And that being gay, being queer, being a part of the rainbow community in whichever capacity is extremely, extremely an individual process and journey.

And each individual story and process and journey is unique to that person.

And so I don't really want you guys, although it's titled, you know, why being gay is a superpower.

These might not be applicable to every single person from the rainbow family.

Okay.

At the end of the day, everyone is human and everyone is individuals.

And I can't speak on behalf of a whole community, but this is what has been true for me.

Okay, and I guess like to tie it all together, this is at the age of 34 now as I sit here recording this for you, I guess this is what growing up gay has taught me about life.

So let's get into it.

Number one, the first reason that I believe being gay is a superpower is that you know what living inauthentically feels like.

Now, what I mean by that is that when I was young, I started in the closet.

And not every queer person starts in a closet, okay? But a lot of people do.

And during the time that you are closeted, that I was closeted...

I was faking it.

I had a girlfriend.

In fact, I don't even think she was my girlfriend.

Oh, I think in high school, she was my girlfriend in brackets.

But I had girls that I was hooking up with during the end of high school, just out of high school kind of age bracket.

And I've had slept with a few women as well during that time.

I was regulating what I wore.

So, the title of this episode is 5 Reasons Why Being Gay Is A Superpower.

Now, I titled this episode that way because I actually say all the time that I believe that being gay is a superpower.

And in this episode, I'm kind of going to unpack a little bit as to why I say that, okay, and why I think that.

based on my own lived experience.

And I do want to preface that like everything that I'm going to discuss in this episode is very much my personal lived experience.

And that being gay, being queer, being a part of the rainbow community in whichever capacity is extremely, extremely an individual process and journey.

And each individual story and process and journey is unique to that person.

And so I don't really want you guys, although it's titled, you know, why being gay is a superpower.

These might not be applicable to every single person from the rainbow family.

Okay.

At the end of the day, everyone is human and everyone is individuals.

And I can't speak on behalf of a whole community, but this is what has been true for me.

Okay, and I guess like to tie it all together, this is at the age of 34 now as I sit here recording this for you, I guess this is what growing up gay has taught me about life.

So let's get into it.

Number one, the first reason that I believe being gay is a superpower is that you know what living inauthentically feels like.

Now, what I mean by that is that when I was young, I started in the closet.

And not every queer person starts in a closet, okay? But a lot of people do.

And during the time that you are closeted, that I was closeted...

I was faking it.

I had a girlfriend.

In fact, I don't even think she was my girlfriend.

Oh, I think in high school, she was my girlfriend in brackets.

But I had girls that I was hooking up with during the end of high school, just out of high school kind of age bracket.

And I've had slept with a few women as well during that time.

I was regulating what I wore.