Elton John's famous song for his lover Daniel has become a synonym for
gay... as below.
However, what I find very distinctive about these gay romance stories on
the internet is the small domestic details of life between two men...
And, also, the affection between men. I read that gay males are far more
affectionate then is normal and when I think about it, we are. We kiss
virtual strangers on the cheek as if it were normal. We kiss our lovers
and cannot keep our hands off him even in public. People just know I am
gay, it is that obvious, even in my hands and the relative length of my
fingers.
http://www.gayauthors.org/story/altimexis/goldenopportunity/1
. . . all except her son, Daniel.
She never seemed to get around to telling me about Daniel, so I thought
that maybe something had happened and he’d died. I certainly didn’t want
to stir up that pot but when she mentioned that he lived in San
Francisco and didn’t say anything else about him, my curiosity got the
better of me and I asked, “Is he OK? You’ve told me all about your other
children and nothing about him.”
“What’s there to say?” she replied. “He has a partner, Harold, and they
seem to be happy together. He never calls me, and I never call him.”
At first it didn’t register what she was saying and then it suddenly
clicked and I realized Daniel was gay and she wasn’t too happy about it.
. . all except her son, Daniel.
She never seemed to get around to telling me about Daniel, so I thought
that maybe something had happened and he’d died. I certainly didn’t want
to stir up that pot but when she mentioned that he lived in San
Francisco and didn’t say anything else about him, my curiosity got the
better of me and I asked, “Is he OK? You’ve told me all about your other
children and nothing about him.”
“What’s there to say?” she replied. “He has a partner, Harold, and they
seem to be happy together. He never calls me, and I never call him.”
At first it didn’t register what she was saying and then it suddenly
clicked and I realized Daniel was gay and she wasn’t too happy about it
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