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.

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.

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

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

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.

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