A is for Alexis
Alexis is the name of the girl that gave me my first same-sex kiss. For most of my childhood I had a suspicion of myself that I was not only attracted to members of the same sex. I was frightened by this realization so I decided that it wasn't true. I prayed that it was a phase and that it was something I could either suppress or something that would fade away all together. My senior year in high school toward the end of the year when seniors were skipping and teachers were no longer giving out assignments, my friend Alexis and I were invited to the house of one of our male classmates. I knew that if we went something might happen but I had no clue what would happen and what emotions it would stir in me. I knew that she was bisexual but at that time in my life I wasn't completely sure what that really meant and that was not a term that I would use to describe myself. Up until then I never thought that I would ever in my life ...