This First Person article is written by Tait Gamble, who lives near Williams Lake, B.C. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ.
After graduating from university in Vancouver, I applied for an internship and moved sight unseen to central British Columbia for a year.
Aside from disclosing to my internship manager that I was gay, suggesting implicitly and perhaps prejudicially, “please consider this as you place me in a rural community,” I didn’t think much about my queerness as I anticipated my move.
I was just relieved to have some semblance of a post-grad plan, and too busy purging my
