Zack Wickham
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It was Samir and I, my, well, this story has been out there. So I'm not mom and dad, you already know this, but my best friends, Kayla, Colleen and Hope, we all turned 18. It was right before Thanksgiving, like the day before Thanksgiving of our senior year, her parents. So we're like, oh, let's have one drink. And so her parents like, let us have one drink.
It was Samir and I, my, well, this story has been out there. So I'm not mom and dad, you already know this, but my best friends, Kayla, Colleen and Hope, we all turned 18. It was right before Thanksgiving, like the day before Thanksgiving of our senior year, her parents. So we're like, oh, let's have one drink. And so her parents like, let us have one drink.
And then, and then it just kind of spiraled and I got drunk for the first
And then, and then it just kind of spiraled and I got drunk for the first
Had you also, can I say how much I love it? How you say Smirnoff? How do you say it? Smirnoff. Smirnoff. Smear. Smear. There's no C8. Okay, I'm sorry. No, I just love the way you say it. It's funny.
Had you also, can I say how much I love it? How you say Smirnoff? How do you say it? Smirnoff. Smirnoff. Smear. Smear. There's no C8. Okay, I'm sorry. No, I just love the way you say it. It's funny.
Am I seeing you out for the rest of the time?
Am I seeing you out for the rest of the time?
No, I didn't. I came out when I was still 18, but not... I came out to a girl that I just met. The first time was like maybe December. So I still hadn't come out yet.
No, I didn't. I came out when I was still 18, but not... I came out to a girl that I just met. The first time was like maybe December. So I still hadn't come out yet.
But, um, I had some inklings, you know, there was some, there's some, there was some red flags in my, in my own psyche where I was like, maybe you're gay.
But, um, I had some inklings, you know, there was some, there's some, there was some red flags in my, in my own psyche where I was like, maybe you're gay.
No. Okay. No. Mine was very undercompensating. I was like, no, I'm definitely gay.
No. Okay. No. Mine was very undercompensating. I was like, no, I'm definitely gay.
Yeah, like, it's funny because if we didn't have the way society says, like, oh, you're... Like, what girl do you like? And it pushes you into these lanes. If people just listened to their kids or said, oh, like, the choices... I would have been gay at five. Like I knew I liked boys right off the bat. Yeah. Like boys were so much more interesting to me.
Yeah, like, it's funny because if we didn't have the way society says, like, oh, you're... Like, what girl do you like? And it pushes you into these lanes. If people just listened to their kids or said, oh, like, the choices... I would have been gay at five. Like I knew I liked boys right off the bat. Yeah. Like boys were so much more interesting to me.
What's crazy is my family is the most supportive, caring part of the community. My dad, when he was at Humana, which is where he worked, he was part of the... I don't even know what they call it. The work group for the LGBT... He was always involved. My mom was involved with the LGBT group on our college campus once I came out. They were super open, super whatever. However...
What's crazy is my family is the most supportive, caring part of the community. My dad, when he was at Humana, which is where he worked, he was part of the... I don't even know what they call it. The work group for the LGBT... He was always involved. My mom was involved with the LGBT group on our college campus once I came out. They were super open, super whatever. However...
Besides Will and Grace being the only thing our family had ever talked about being gay or like seeing a gay portrayal.
Besides Will and Grace being the only thing our family had ever talked about being gay or like seeing a gay portrayal.