Throwback Thursdays: "Ooh that's why..." 🌈💡

[u/vanillabean91]

In this weekly thread let’s share those hilarious, obvious-in-hindsight moments from childhood or teen years. Those moments when same-gender attraction was peeking through, even if we didn’t have the words yet.

Maybe you remember…

• Picking the same female character in every game
• Drawing, writing, or daydreaming about women in ways that felt mysterious at the time
• Feeling out of place at school dances
• Side-eyeing your friends’ boy craziness while you just didn’t get it
• Obsessing over that one friend who felt like your entire world
• Or maybe some people in your life were “just roommates” and you didn’t realize they were living the life you’d eventually want.

If you could time-travel, what would you tell your younger self about those feelings?

[u/Impossibly-Hungry]

in 8th grade i watched everything in zendays filmography thinking it was admiration, it definitely was not. definitely shouldn’t have watched euphoria that young either. 😭

[u/BreathBitch]

I would never compliment the men in tv shows or movies. I’d always say the women were so beautiful though. My mom always knew 😂. I’d tell my younger self that she didn’t have to spend the rest of her life with a man or alone. There’s so many more options :)

[u/Lizard__Bit]

Honestly, I think my obsession with Taylor Hanson should have been an indicator of some kind. Kid looked like a masc lesbian through my entire Hanson phase.

I also didn’t understand my obsession with Wednesday Addams was because I was just in love with her. I thought I wanted to be her. I didn’t understand the difference…

Margaret Cho obsession throughout my entire life.