Homophobia is just that: a phobia.

Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great.

We have many cases of men committing suicide rather than face their own individuality. I know of no case of a woman who committed suicide because she was gay.

We're all here at the same time and we should celebrate that.

Homophobia is just that: a phobia.

Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.