Ailsa Reid

How I Knew I Was a Lesbian

I've known I liked girls since I was six. I'd hold Jeanette's hand in primary school and was always the father when we played families. I distinctly remember insisting that it's normal to kiss your friends, and Jeanette's slight reluctance when I pecked her on the cheek. I thought she was lovely, especially when we would sprint away from boys in the playground, proposing to us with fistfuls of daisies.