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.

Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.

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

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

I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.

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

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