Even when I took first prize, topped the class, won the race, I never really won anything. I was merely avoiding the embarrassment of losing.

If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing.

In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.

I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.