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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.

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.

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.

One Result Of An American Family Was That I Became A Gay Role Model.

Proclaiming A Sexual Preference Is Something That Straight Men Never Really Have To Bother With.