[Rusty van Reddick]

Anyway, as to Tarsus' query- yes, I suspect that there is a greater representation of gay men (MEN) on SSP than in the general population, and it's because we tend to be, or to become, urban.

Speaking of overrepresentation: When I was 17 I spent a summer in Germany as a participant in the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students. 7 weeks in Krefeld under an honor code to not speak a word of English. Other groups went to France and Mexico, same idea. There were 32 of us in that group and I admin our facebook alumni/ae page for it. I've managed to contact almost every one (no mean feat after more than 30 years- this was summer of 1981), and as it turns out, of those 32, 7 are gay (5 men, 2 women). This isn't orchestra or theater camp. Oh, the American teacher who accompanied us brought his wife and two toddlers along and recently came out (post age 60) too. I can't fathom why there were so many of us in this group but chats with folks from other cohorts in this program show pretty much the same pattern.