But she was able to seek the language to describe herself, and assuage her worries, in a way older LGBT people never could - she had the internet. Reese may have gone quite a few more years thinking that the innocent schoolyard crushes she harbored were indications of her deviance. “I saw girls holding hands and thought, I could go for that. “I began realizing I wasn’t necessarily straight when I was around 5 or 6,” Reese said. Kate Reese, a 13-year-old living in Reno, Nevada, used to think there was something wrong with her.
