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.

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

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

It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore.

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

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.