I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.

I have a lot in common with Lewis Carroll's Alice (my favorite female literary heroine, besides Becky Sharp). I've been sent on a journey to places even bleach can't reach.

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.

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.

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.