I feel very proud of the courage it took for me to stand up for what I believed in, and to dare to come out at age twenty-three in conservative and Catholic upper-class Mexico City. At the beginning, the process of coming out seemed painful and nearly impossible. I felt as if I’d be the only homosexual my friends and family would ever have to deal with. Pretty soon after I started the coming-out process, I realized that wasn’t the case. I had the support of my friends and family, but it took a little time for them to accept me. And, to my huge surprise, my three closest childhood friends turned out to be gay as well. So it’s no wonder we remained friends all these years!
