Stepping out
We all remember that exciting, nerve-racking night when we made our debut on the scene. So what was it like for you, the first time you walked through the door of a gay venue?
KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN, 49, AUTHOR, MINNEAPOLIS, USA
I was born in a small town in Minnesota which had one grocery store, one drug store [pharmacist], one gas station, a church and a bar. There were cornfields all around and although I didn’t grow up on a farm, many of my firsts happened in those fields: my first Playboy, my first Playgirl, first time I kissed a girl, first time I kissed a boy. I always felt as if I had been born in the wrong time and place.