Liz Feldman

He was the outlier of his family and I loved that show unknowingly because I was the outlier of my family. So even though he was playing this conservative Republican kid, I related to that character because it was almost as if he was the gay kid in his family.

He was the outlier of his family and I loved that show unknowingly because I was the outlier of my family. So even though he was playing this conservative Republican kid, I related to that character because it was almost as if he was the gay kid in his family.

But but then the L word, like the fashion was like on point. They were hot. They had cool haircuts. They did cool things. They went out. They forged this whole community and life, you know, that I just wanted so badly. And the irony is that just a few years later, I got to have it with those people. actresses who played those parts. And like, I just, you know, manifestation is real, baby.

But but then the L word, like the fashion was like on point. They were hot. They had cool haircuts. They did cool things. They went out. They forged this whole community and life, you know, that I just wanted so badly. And the irony is that just a few years later, I got to have it with those people. actresses who played those parts. And like, I just, you know, manifestation is real, baby.

Yeah. Also, it's going to make it a better write for you.

Yeah. Also, it's going to make it a better write for you.

If you want to, you know, if that's the kind of thing you're going to be interested in watching, you'll be more interested in writing it too. And it won't make it as painful of a process, though it's always painful.

If you want to, you know, if that's the kind of thing you're going to be interested in watching, you'll be more interested in writing it too. And it won't make it as painful of a process, though it's always painful.

Oh, I was, I was pretty far. I mean, I was like 26 or 27. So I mean, that's how long of a dearth I was operating in. And I mean, I was, I kissed my first girl at 16. Totally seduced by a girl who had gone to boarding school and she knew things I didn't. And thank you so much.

Oh, I was, I was pretty far. I mean, I was like 26 or 27. So I mean, that's how long of a dearth I was operating in. And I mean, I was, I kissed my first girl at 16. Totally seduced by a girl who had gone to boarding school and she knew things I didn't. And thank you so much.

And I didn't really know exactly what I was because I had actually weirdly been boy crazy before I had kissed a girl then became girl crazy.

And I didn't really know exactly what I was because I had actually weirdly been boy crazy before I had kissed a girl then became girl crazy.

And so, you know, this was long before fluidity or even bisexuality was like a really accepted thing. And so I wasn't really, I was like still sort of trying to figure myself out. And my mother at 17 years old, so I'm a senior in high school gave me a letter and she said, you're going to read this in the car and I'm going to, I'm going to drive and you're going to read it in front of me.

And so, you know, this was long before fluidity or even bisexuality was like a really accepted thing. And so I wasn't really, I was like still sort of trying to figure myself out. And my mother at 17 years old, so I'm a senior in high school gave me a letter and she said, you're going to read this in the car and I'm going to, I'm going to drive and you're going to read it in front of me.

And she was driving me to my SAT tutor at the time. And I opened it up and it was two poems. One poem was a daughter talking to the mother. It rhymed. And it was something like, I don't know what to say when a girl walks by my way, I think I might be gay. And I'm reading this and I'm in no way, shape or form ready to like come out. And

And she was driving me to my SAT tutor at the time. And I opened it up and it was two poems. One poem was a daughter talking to the mother. It rhymed. And it was something like, I don't know what to say when a girl walks by my way, I think I might be gay. And I'm reading this and I'm in no way, shape or form ready to like come out. And

Then the second letter is actually a poem from the mother to the daughter, also rhyming. And it says something like, you know, have no doubt, we'll figure it out. Like that kind of thing. And I was stunned. So my mother outed me at 17. I'm going to guess a full five years before I would have probably done so myself. And so that really started my journey.

Then the second letter is actually a poem from the mother to the daughter, also rhyming. And it says something like, you know, have no doubt, we'll figure it out. Like that kind of thing. And I was stunned. So my mother outed me at 17. I'm going to guess a full five years before I would have probably done so myself. And so that really started my journey.

Yeah. It was a shock. I would call it a shock because I wasn't ready.

Yeah. It was a shock. I would call it a shock because I wasn't ready.