Matt Cook, writer
Sexual labels are a double-edged sword. They clarify and confuse, support and suppress, empower and enslave; many find strength in embracing labels while others prefer to cast them off. For me, this has turned out to be the former, marking the end of a long, bitter fight with my scared, meek arch nemesis: myself.
My school years entailed a nervous string of attempts to walk the heterosexual tightrope. I pretended, I conformed, and I scrambled around making sure any questions about
