I'm 52, which means I don't really... I was never a person who celebrated birthdays to begin with. At this stage, it's certainly something that someone who made a big deal out of their birthdays in their 20s and 30s kind of hangs that up. Not because you're sad to be getting older. I'm thrilled to be getting older. I have so many friends who died when they were 25 and would be ecstatic to be here with me turning 50. It's a thrill and a privilege to still be alive.

Bisexuals need to recognize that their being closeted is a huge contributing factor to the hostility they face.

I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene.

School is very conformist, and one of the very first conforming that goes on in preschool and kindergarten is gender.

You know, my problem is I cant say no to people, especially people who want to write me checks to do things.

Natural isn't something I get called a lot in Texas.

Pride became this dogma which meant you couldn't criticize anything gay - if you were the least bit critical of gay culture or people or any gay person doing any gay thing, that was an insufficient display of pride. You were suffering from internalized homophobia. As opposed to external homophobia.