Sex Education

Coming of age, in 1970s Los Angeles

My first time sex was talismanic for me, as it was bisexual— a group of three. My best friend, Joelle, and myself, seduced and conquered the “older man” of twenty-seven down the street. Richard was an unemployed soap opera actor, hustling by with commercials, going to auditions every day. I was almost 16. Joelle was a year younger, a recent émigré from…