People who like what I do come in all shapes and sizes. Not sure what the common denominator is per se. Oh, it's meeee! But to be embraced by a progressive community means something to me and this one feels like home.

I don't want to deconstruct what I do.

You can be Hitler and go to confession and say forgive me, Father, I killed six million Jews, and the priest would just be like no problem. Say 10 Heil Marys. And Hitler goes to heaven.

I don't wanna be labeled as straight or labeled as gay. I just want people to look at me and see me as white.

Everyone self-Googles. And, I have, of course, the Google alert.

I like talking about things that are taboo, because it makes them not taboo anymore.

I was paralyzed with fear. It was unbearable to be among other kids who were just standing around being fine. It was one of the many inconveniences of this paradox I lived with -the more people I was surrounded by, the more frighteningly alone I felt.