Michael Royal’s Reviews > The Stonewall Reader > Status Update

Because what I do outside of bed may have nothing to do with what I do inside— but my consciousness is branded, is permeated with homosexuality. For years, I have been branded with your label for me. The result is that when I am among gays or in bed with another woman, I am a person, not lesbian. When I am observable to the straight world I become gay. You are my litmus paper. (Pg 186)