"If someone feels the need to ask me directly about my sexual preference, I have a few responses. If you're an important person in my life, I'll say, 'Yes of course I'm gay.'" If I'm asked in connection to a civil rights issue, I'm happy to stand up and be counted as gay and fight for our rights as I do for all civil liberties. If you're a relative stranger and are prying, I take the Southerner's approach by politely saying that it's my personal business and has nothing to do with you," – Trace, Orlando, FL.
It's from a new book, Gay In America, just out. Hat tip: Moylan.
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