#t

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty. ↗

— Lance Loud

#chief #claiming #coming #distinct #honesty

David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style. ↗

— Lance Loud

#boy #boy george #contained #created #david

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move. ↗

— Lance Loud

#definitely #faced #generous #i #i am

I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom. ↗

— Lance Loud

#fur #high #high school #i #jacket

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on. ↗

— Lance Loud

#became #life #quietly #shock #shocks

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value. ↗

— Lance Loud

#freedom #had #less #lust #personal

One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model. ↗

— Lance Loud

#american family #became #family #gay #i

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with. ↗

— Lance Loud

#men #never #preference #proclaiming #really

I love talking about movies that mean something to me. ↗

— Jena Malone

#i #i love #love #me #mean

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#conditional love #dad #expectations #felt #had