Well, what sort of pride is that? Certainly not gay pride, I’m ashamed to say. Hooray for me… still passing as straight. The second reaction, if I’m being totally honest, is a small flush of pride.
Perhaps because being gay is so much a part of my own identity and life (I work for an LGBTI news website, after all), I think I must project gay-ness to the world. I’m not sure why but I tend to assume people can discern my sexuality just by looking at me or reading my body language. My initial reaction is, firstly, slight surprise. I have been told ‘you don’t look gay’ a handful of times over the years. It’s followed by a photo of a person dressed in a rainbow flag. There’s a funny meme doing the rounds of social media.
