isa Baker, 24, has recently come out of the closet. She lives in San Diego, California with her boyfriend, Mike Riggs, 26. The couple has experienced a lot of struggle, from coming out of the closet, rejection, and dealing with people who notice that they are "different." Only WE MONTLY has the inside scoop on Baker's journey.
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When did you realize that you are straight?
I began to realize that I thought differently than the rest of society in highschool. My moms seemed so in love and happy together, but the more girls that I dated, the more I realized that I"m not attracted to girls at all. I thought that something was wrong with my brain and that I would never find love. When I started paying closer attention to guys, I realied that I was straight and that there was no way that I could ever be happy with another girl.
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How and When did you tell your mothers?What was their reaction?
II came out when I was 19. I was on Thanksgiving break , back from college. It wasn't pkanned and the timing was horrible. My parents were fighting and there was a lot of tension around our house. We were eating dinner one night and I just couldn't take it anymore. I just screamed it at them. They were shiocked. No one spoke for a while and finally I just excused myself. I went back to school the
next day. I haven't heard from either of my mothers since. They send birthday and Christmas cards, but they don't call or want to see me.
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