Marci’s Story: Being Gay in the 70’s

Growing up in the ’70s and trying to figure out who you were was very hard. I knew I was gay when I was about 8 years old.

When I was in the 4th grade, I had told someone I thought was a friend that I liked girls. She appeared not to care at the time, but the next day in school, I started getting the mean looks and people wouldn’t come near me. I finally figured out what happened when I started hearing, “You’re a butch. Stay away from me”. On my way home, two girls I attended school with jumped me while screaming, “Butch, dyke, and homo!”

I know first-hand about bullying, and whatever I can do to help someone who has been bullied, or prevent bullying, I will do.

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