I've lived my whole life exactly the way I've wanted to. Being gay, being white, being male, it doesn't matter to me. They're all things I'm born with.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given.
I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.
I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.
I think living my happy, open life and showing young gay kids you can be successful, you can have love in your life, you can be a contributing member of society and you can be respected - I think that's it.
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.
The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my being.
I try to live my life, do what I want, and just let everything else follow along.
As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
I was born gay, just as I was born black.