I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

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.

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.

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

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

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

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