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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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