The few times I hung out at John’s apartment, his roommates were routinely dropping the f-(not f**k) bomb, saying “that’s so gay,” and bro-ing out to their heart’s content while John sat afraid to let his freak rainbow flag fly. In an attempt to save himself from the bullying he’d experienced in high school and “make sure his roommates didn’t feel uncomfortable” (His words, not mine), John made his first semester of college miserable. He didn’t join the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Straight (BGLSA) on campus. John was so worried about getting judged that he pushed himself further into the closet than he ‘d ever been before.
