“My favorite part is wherever you travel, gays exist, and there is an automatic sense of kinship and safety there. Feeling connected in any way to a heritage of amazing, creative, brave, and inspiring men.
Having to come out as an ongoing process is character-building. Getting along better with my spouse than 99% of hetero couples I see, because, to be honest, they don’t seem to like each other very much. Being free of assumptions of gender roles in relationships. Very unlikely to have unplanned children, which are a major cause of dropping out of school and multigenerational poverty. That in turn gave me a better opportunity to envision a different and, in my opinion, better life. Knowing I was different gave me a growth experience in figuring out who I was.
“As a cis gay man in the U.S., the only thing I’m qualified to speak on: 1.
