How big is high school diving in Illinois?
How did you get into gymnastics? I was one of those crazy kids who would jump on anything or climb anything. I was a hellraiser. I quit gymnastics my junior year in high school because I broke my fingers, but I went back my senior year. And when did you come out? I had a boyfriend at 18 when I went to college. He was a former All-American swimmer. And I had had gay experiences when I was really young, before fifth grade. But it was really my sophomore year, during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” thing, that I slowly came out. All my diving teammates knew, my coach knew. But I led separate lives. It was just kind of a fact of life on the team. Did you get teased in high school, being a gymnast and a diver? I got teased about being gay my whole life. All the guys in fourth grade would beat me up after school. I was probably more effeminate as a kid than I am now. I started as a little tumbler when I was young. Then I went into club gymnastics, then high school gymnastics after that. The teas
