Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not particularly sensitive to their feelings. Upon hearing me utter those words almost twenty years ago, my own mother… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
In retrospect, the most unnerving aspect of being openly gay was that it turned out to be as disappointingly normal as being straight. — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Gay culture is in a coming-out process of its own. From out of the closets in the '60s, the culture moved onto the disco… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
For the naysayers that claimed 'American Family' revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic '70s, this image will be proven… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not particularly sensitive… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style. — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred. — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men - whether preppies, fashion victims,… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
In 1970, television ate my family. The Andy Warhol prophecy of 15 minutes of fame for any and everyone blew up on our doorstep. — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
