I believed I was invincible.

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

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.

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.

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

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

When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.