I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.
I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.
One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.
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.
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.