A question, for an academic paper, for people in bdsm.

Many GLBTIQ people felt shame when they first realised their orientation, and that it was not mainstream.

Did you have similar feelings - shame, wrongness, awkwardness etc - when you realised your desires weren't "normal"?

It's not a "survey", but I'd like many responses, if possible.

I suspect there's a link between my coming to terms with being a Dom & doing social activism. It was a way of feeling I was "good". Others will have different experiences.

If you could retweet I'd be very grateful.