All Other Areas Of My Life, I'm

I Think It's One Thing To Declare Your Sexuality, If You Care About What That Is. It's Another Thing To Start Talking In Public About What You Do In Private And Who You Do It With. It's Not That They [my Significant Others] Don't Want To Be Identified As Gay, But That They Don't Want To Be Identified As ... With Me.

It Was Wrongly Assumed That I Wished To Become Some Sort Of Leader Among Gay Activists, Whereas In Reality I Was Happier To Be A Foot Soldier.

My Reaction To 3d Is Subtly. Things Don't Come Out At You, But Rather You - The Audience Come Into The Film.

I Have Been Reluctant To Lobby On Other Issues I Most Care About - Nuclear Weapons (against), Religion (atheist), Capital Punishment (anti), Aids (fund-raiser) Because I Don't Want To Be Forever Spouting, Diluting The Impact Of Addressing My Most Urgent Concern - Legal And Social Equality For Gay People Worldwide.

The Demographic Of Our Audience Is Young. It Also Contains A High Proportion Of Black, Jewish And Gay People, Who Have All Been Encouraged By Society To Think Of Themselves As Oddities Or Mutants. I Hope That's Why X-men Chimes With Them - It's Certainly Why I Was Attracted To The Idea In The First Place.