Every gay boy and girl has had a ‘Lara Spencer moment.’

So many of us still feel the sting of adults sneering at us for subverting gender norms. (Image: Shutterstock)

It didn’t take long for my grade school peers in the late ’70s to learn that they could manipulate my name from Casey to “Gaysey.” It had a profound effect on me, so much so that when my mother came…