I Do Not Believe That

When I Came Out Publicly, Some Photo Editors Had A Field Day Searching For Pictures Of Me With A Limp Wrist Or Some Other Stereotypical Gay Signifier - As Though, After Decades In The Public Eye, They'd Suddenly Come Across A Trove Of Shots Where I Looked Like A Cher Impersonator.

Because Of An Adulterous Affair I Shall Leave Office In November.

More Than Anything Else I Recall Being, Or Trying Very Deliberately To Be, A Perfect Child. Not A Goody Two-shoes, But A Kid Who Did Good, Who Worked Hard And Met Every Expectation. I Strove To Achieve In The Excessive Way That Psychotherapists Tend To Regard With Concern.

We Need To Seek Wise Leaders Who Will Seek Common Ground Among Americans Instead Of Dividing Us Further For Political Gain. As Citizens, We Must Embrace Those Who Embrace Ideas, Thoughtfulness, Civility And Kindness To Others No Matter What Their Political Beliefs.

For Me, Living In The Closet Corroded My Ability To Have An Honest, Open Relationship With My God, My Loved Ones, My Constituency And Myself.