Proud To Be Me

Trying on somebody else's shoes was his job for years. Pretending to be confident, brave, straight...
Surprisingly, finding out he was a sensate and experiencing what other's go through every day, made him feel more like himself.
But it didn't give him the strength to show it.
And then he suddenly didn't have a choice. His career was ruined. He was ruined.
But Hernando still loved him.
"Mom..." he said finally. She didn't freak out. She never stopped loving him.
"I am a gay man!" he screamed into the Rio's Pride Parade. And that was when he felt truly alive.