One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.
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.
I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.
I believed I was invincible.
Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.