Pride month: On coming out ... and coming out ... and coming out ...

Coming out is hard. So take a lesson from someone who has done it (almost) more times than he can count.

The first time I came out was in my freshman year of high school: Just like most other little gay teens, I was “bisexual” – “experimenting.”

That first confession met with mixed reactions from my fellow students. Some accepted it, others mumbled something about my being too gay to be bisexual. In hindsight, I guess they were right, but some lacked the sense to differentiate between the two and called me the homophobic F-word anyway.