vcpositivity:

“Summer 1997. First time away from home unattended by parents, and the first thing I did was rent and watch “IwTV” the one night I was staying at a cousin’s house. I bought the book the next day and smuggled it into Church Camp with me. I spent the two weeks I was there reading and re-reading it at night under the covers with a flashlight crying because finally, there were queer characters. Beautiful, ethereal queer characters. It was the first time I was no longer afraid of not being straight.”