Brown Coco Skin & Curly Black Hair

The DJ dropped "Finally" and every gay man in that San Francisco warehouse lost their fucking minds.CeCe Peniston singing about the moment we'd all been waiting for. The moment when someone looks at you like you're the answer to a question they've been asking their whole lives.Gary turned around. Red curly hair. Dark eyes. That look.I flew back to Boston, quit my life, and moved cross-country for a man whose last name I didn't even know."Call me Gary," he'd said. Which should have been my first red flag.But I was 27 and stupid and thought mystery was sexy instead of what it actually was: a warning label written in neon.Content warnings: This podcast contains discussions of childhood sexual abuse, addiction, violence, death, and trauma. But it also full of profound love, transformation, and hope. Listener discretion advised.