"When asked whether this beautiful thing is something heβs ever actually acted on, the recently married (and about to become a father) Armstrong smiles.Β βI think mostly itβs been kept in my head,βΒ he says.Β βIβve never really had a relationship with another man.Β But it is something that comes up as a struggle in me." - 1995 interview with The Advocate
i've identified as many things on my journey in the last several decades. as an 18 year old girl who had recently escaped my conservative abusive home, billie joe was a safe space for me to try and figure out what it meant to be queer. i remember being at the library looking up articles and interviews he gave between or after college classes, the one semester i went before flunking out due to mental health
