Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family.
Andrew SolomonI was overpowered by being in the world, by other people and their lives I couldn’t lead, their jobs I couldn’t do - overpowered even by jobs I would never want or need to do.
Andrew SolomonI look at the rates of suicide among gay teens. They are so, so high for suicide attempts and for completed suicides.
Andrew SolomonThe opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.
Andrew Solomon