I grew up in a typical suburban setting. I wasn’t completely sheltered, but I wasn’t exposed to a ton of diversity, either. It was also the early ‘90s, so “diversity” didn’t mean the same thing it does today, especially as it relates to the LGBTQ+ community. Kids using the “F” word was normal, and there wasn’t one single person at my high school who was out. When I was 15, I went to see a Saturday night midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which you can watch these days with a Disney+ subscription. Looking back, it was one of the best things that I could have ever done at the time.
