: About Me

I had an easy time coming out. It was 1974 and I lived in the Castro District in San Francisco. I was 20 and Harvey Milk was the owner of the local camera store. I used to go to his shop on errands for a friend who was an aspiring photographer. Harvey would occasionally greet me with a lascivious smile. I was just coming out and he was at least twenty years older than I. One time I gave him a look that said "hey, the power imbalance just isn't fair here" and he eventually gave it a rest. Everyone was "out" who worked for Harvey and massive numbers of gay men were arriving in the Castro and...