It Was A Pleasure To Be A

Coming Out Is A Means Of Redefining Oneself, Of Claiming Membership In A Lifestyle And A Social Order With Distinct Values. Chief Among These Values Is Honesty.

My Gayness Became Quietly Accepted And, Shock Of All Shocks, Life Went On.

As Anyone Who Is Gay Will Confirm, Being That Way Is Not Something You Become, It Is A Set Of Emotional And Physical Responses That Just Are.

I Wore A Woman's Antique Fur Jacket To My High School Junior Prom.

I Am Now Faced With Mortality. Definitely Not The Most Generous Move.