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Greg Louganis, Olympic diver After School Special  
I was sexually involved with one girl from a very early age. We began to have sex in junior high school, and she'd kill me if I used her real name, so I'll call her April Jordan.
     We were both twelve years old when we began. We liked to go to the movies, hang out in the canyons, hike and catch lizards together. There were a lot of houses under construction in the area, and we liked to explore foundations and basements. One day, April found a book called 101 Positions for Sex. She suggested that we try them, starting with number one. I was still too young to ejaculate but not too young to have intercourse. Also, I was still taking acrobatics at that point, so I could do just about anything. We'd look at the positions and say, "Oh, let's try this." I think we got through about ninety of the positions before we lost interest.
     It was just something to do after school, something that was a lot more fun than reading. We'd do it just about anywhere we could: in her house, in my house, in the canyon, in the basements of the unfinished houses. This went on for about two years.
     April was the only girl I ever had an extended sexual relationship with, but there were a few other women I had relationships with as I tried to sort out my sexuality. (San Diego, CA, 1972)
    


from Breaking the Surface by Greg Louganis, with Eric Marcus (Random House, © 1995)


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