More Childhood Memories

I vaguely remember seeing a television program on homosexuality. I was quite young at the time. The main thing that I remember is that after seeing this program I thought that a mixed marriage was when a man and a woman married each other. I do not know where I got this idea, but I was confused about people getting upset about mixed marriages. I am still confused about this but for different reasons. As a child I was never afraid to be open about the things that I enjoyed. I was often bullied for this. At times when a teacher asked if the members enjoyed a certain movie or book or something I would often be the only one to raise my hand. I was a late bloomer sexually, and I was not very open about that area of my life. I did know at a young boy that I was attracted to other boys, but I did not know what to do about this. I did have a friend who taught me how to masturbate, but we did not do anything with each other after that. We did not touch each other's dicks. I never considered trying to fit in with other children my age if this meant changing my likes or dislikes. I was always smaller than the other children my age, and that did not help with the bullying problem. The books that I remember as my favorites were Madeline by Bemelmans and a satirical history of hairstyles. The school librarian later set aside another book about hairstyles, but I did not enjoy it as much. I was raised being told to be myself and not what other people wanted me to be.