Often what a woman says is weighed for what kind of woman that makes her and whether she’s still pleasing to others rather than its factual content. My twenties included a wonderful boyfriend who was with me from my twenty-first birthday until my late twenties, and my younger brother who drew me into his activism and supported my work that became increasingly intertwined with this activism. And gay men, as friends and as a huge cultural force in the city I lived in and models of what else being male could mean. And what being human could mean.
