The one that immediately comes to mind was from my early grade school years. My dad used to take 8mm home movies and then show them to us after they’d been developed. (You know, the whole setting up the projector and the portable screen routine.)
Well, the one thing that stands out in my parents’ “they should’ve known then” memory is how, when the film roll ran out and the solid white light flashed on the screen, I’d run up in front of the screen like I was on stage and start performing—whether that was dancing or whatever popped into my little didn’t-know-I-was-gay head.
What say you guys?
How about 8 minutes of 8mm home movies of me using the hula hoop (1959-60). If they didn’t have a clue then, the only thing missing would be a letter from God.
I’m Gay. Once I came out of my Mom….I NEVER LOOKED BACK!
But, for the sake of the question posed here, I offer the following:
In 1960 my Aunt took me to see Walt Disney’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ on a huge screen theatre in Downtown L.A. Though I was only 5 years old, I still remember being transfixed with Prince Phillip! I don’t think ‘Aurora’ as the Princess even registered with me.