I was catching rainbows for decades before I came out. What started as a religious symbol in my childhood, God will never flood the earth and wipeout humanity and most of the animals again, morphed into an understanding in my early adulthood that the rainbow was also a symbol, for some, of belonging and freedom in their identity. There was always a reluctant knowing in me that I was different - in a way that religion said was broken. And for a while I avoided everything rainbow or gay adjacent. I’m pretty sure I’m the only lesbian who didn’t listen to the Indigo Girls until she was out at 40.
The World's Shortest Pride Parade
The World's Shortest Pride Parade
The World's Shortest Pride Parade
I was catching rainbows for decades before I came out. What started as a religious symbol in my childhood, God will never flood the earth and wipeout humanity and most of the animals again, morphed into an understanding in my early adulthood that the rainbow was also a symbol, for some, of belonging and freedom in their identity. There was always a reluctant knowing in me that I was different - in a way that religion said was broken. And for a while I avoided everything rainbow or gay adjacent. I’m pretty sure I’m the only lesbian who didn’t listen to the Indigo Girls until she was out at 40.