![]() ![]() Half my life ago, I was a closeted kid sheltered in a religious, conservative family. The magazine shaped these events in the queer consciousness. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. I had just finished high school when “Don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed and graduated college when the U.S. We both marked the major events of our time: I in my small, private ways and Out with glossy spreads and celebrity interviews. I knew years ago - before I wrote for it - that the magazine and I were the same age. In that short life, I grew into a writer and sex pig, while Out published the work of such queer luminaries as Edmund White, Bret Easton Ellis, and Dustin Lance Black. Out magazine and I both turned 30 this year (editor’s note: the anniversary edition is next issue).
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