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

If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.

I believed I was invincible.

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.

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

David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.

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