Hello Chuck (and Dianita),

I, too, can't follow most of your game and computer posts, Chuck, but I do keep checking your blog because I care about you and like to see that you're still here! And, like Dianita, I read and was moved by this post. I'm glad you wrote it and glad that Dianita commented. I feel lucky to have known both of you during high school. I had my own issues of not fitting in back then; and being friends with both of you was so important to feeling accepted and happy.

But I realize that not fitting in is only the tip of the iceberg when you're gay and no one knows--how much worse it is to feel like such a core part of who you are is not acceptable and can't be shared with the people you love or care about. I'm sorry that we weren't able to know the whole you in high school or even in college. And I'm sorry now that we all live so far apart--I'd like to sit down and talk to both of you tonight!

Jamila