Dear HuffPo Gay Voices:

I posted this story five full days before you. WTF? Get with the program, please. KTHXBYE

For many gay people, the years they spent (attempting) to live a “straight” life in the straight world were not pretty ones.

“Stephanie S.” and her photo of herself from the Straight Years Project. |Image: logotv.com.

via ‘Straight Years Project’ Highlights Awkward Heterosexual Years Before Coming Out As Gay (PHOTOS).