LZ Granderson: Keep saying ‘gay,’ despite new legislation. Kids need to hear it
I first learned of ballroom from the documentary "Paris Is Burning." I was in my senior year of high school. Already closeted and afraid, and then the first guy I dated outed me to one of my teachers. Thankfully she handled the situation with humanity, but his betrayal did little to help my already-shaky self-esteem.
I started skipping school to hide from the world, my grades slipped into an abyss, and I found myself needing to go to summer school to
