Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.

Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.

I believed I was invincible.

One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.

I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.