That's my advice to all homosexuals, whether they're in the Boy Scouts, or in the Army or in high school: Shut up, don't tell anybody what you do, your life will be a lot easier.
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If you join the Boy Scouts without understanding the underlying agendas and biases of the organization, you might grow up to believe that being gay is a bad thing.
Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation.
You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy.
You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
Trust me, if I were gay I'd be getting more action than I'm getting now.
Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them.
I have a homosexual crush on most adolescents.
It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.
The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up, there were no role models that were blokey that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and camp, and I remember going, 'That's not me, so even though I think I am gay, I don't think I fit into this world.'
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