My first memory of being 'different' or gay happened when I was probably no more than 7 or 8 years old

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My first memory of being "different" or gay happened when I was probably no more than 7 or 8 years old. I was taking swimming lessons at the local YMCA, and I remember a man walked into the pool area and sat down, waiting for our class to be over. He was very cute and had a very hairy chest. All I can remember was being mesmerized by him. I wanted to swim over there and rub my hand over his chest, as I had never seen anything like that before. To this day, over 35 years later, I can still picture him in my mind.

source: 'Alan, age 12'; borngaybornthisway.blogspot.com/2011/03/alan.html; Born This Way-Blog; 10 March 2011