The pool water was cold. Mason (he/him) knew that going in. What he didn’t expect was the feeling on the other side, surfacing shirtless, chest scars visible for the first time, surrounded by strangers who didn’t look twice. He has one word for it. “Free,” he says. “Just free.” Mason, a 35-year-old photographer from Cincinnati, was sailing as a staff member on VACAYA, an LGBTQ+ vacation company that offers a host of full-ship charters and vacati…