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I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.

Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.

I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school.

As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.

I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.

I was gay before I began to play soccer over 40 years ago. It's been 28 years since a friend and I organized one of the first gay soccer teams in the world.