 Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography. |
| 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. |
| If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings. |
| My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on. |
| Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move. |
| Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen. |
| 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. |
| I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning. |
| As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment. |
| 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. |
| Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred. |
| It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore. |
| One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model. |
| I believed I was invincible. |
| I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom. |
| David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style. |
