you know, almost none where i was, that it was... i didn't really have examples of queerness or transness in my life, hardly whatsoever, to be honest. because i think a lot of us can identify with this — that you find the one person in the community that's closest like you, and you just find ways to spend time around them. it's a universal experience in communities where we feel that we can't be ourselves. yeah, yeah, yeah. i definitely felt myself getting pulled to individuals who i knew were — or in retrospect were — you know, queer. and even those little, you know, sparks of... ..a feeling reflected, or seeing someone who might be having a similar experience to me, that's something that continued through my teen years, absolutely. and really reinforces the importance of community, because even those tiny sparks or moments meant so much.