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We Are Coming Out To Tell The Truths About Gays, For I Am Tired Of The Conspiracy Of Silence, So I'm Going To Talk About It. And I Want You To Talk About It.

Every Gay Person Must Come Out. As Difficult As It Is, You Must Tell Your Immediate Family. You Must Tell Your Relatives. You Must Tell Your Friends If Indeed They Are Your Friends. You Must Tell The People You Work With. You Must Tell The People In The Stores You Shop In. Once They Realize That We Are Indeed Their Children, That We Are Indeed Everywhere, Every Myth, Every Lie, Every Innuendo Will Be Destroyed Once And All. And Once You Do, You Will Feel So Much Better

To Sit On The Front Steps — Whether It's A Veranda In A Small Town Or A Concrete Stoop In A Big City — And To Talk To Our Neighborhoods Is Infinitely More Important Than To Huddle On The Living-room Lounger And Watch A Make-believe World In Not-quite Living Color.

Burst Down Those Closet Doors Once And For All, And Stand Up And Start To Fight.

Some People Call Me The Unofficial Mayor Of Castro Street.