I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.

There's a fine line between being private and being ashamed.

Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.

Thanks so much, everybody, for making gay marriage legal, thank you for everything you've done-I'm just going to walk through that door

She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt to be insulting. After all, it's the way an insult is received that makes it an insult. You can't really give offense unless someone takes it.

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

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