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

I've always had mostly gay male friends.

Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.

A gay man can be friends with a straight man. That can happen.

I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.

Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great.

I have been hung in effigy by the gay community for a long time, from when I was on President Reagan's first AIDS commission.

I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.