Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.

As anyone who is gay will confirm, being that way is not something you become, it is a set of emotional and physical responses that just are.

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.

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

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

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.