A question, for an academic paper, for people in bdsm.

Many GLBTIQ people felt shame when they first realised their orientation, and that it was not mainstream.

Did you have similar feelings - shame, wrongness, awkwardness etc - when you realised your desires weren& #39;t "normal"?

It& #39;s not a "survey", but I& #39;d like many responses, if possible.

I suspect there& #39;s a link between my coming to terms with being a Dom & doing social activism. It was a way of feeling I was "good". Others will have different experiences.

If you could retweet I& #39;d be very grateful.