I can easily understand how Bluejay could have assumed Catspaw was female not male. His "feminine" side is always out there.

I honestly thought that Kendall was about 20 years old. His posts always seemed to have such a young man's "But that's the way it should be..." feel to them. Very young, very fresh. I was shocked to learn he was over thirty.

Sorcha's "foot in mouth disease" hit the nail on the head. My private message to the person I was afraid I had offended read "Open mouth, Insert foot". This isn't the first time Sorcha has "read my mind". I am starting to worry.

Jackson Heights has a large gay population. It was the site of a well publicized, vicious gay bashing/murder. I know one of the young men who was convicted of the crime and will probably never get over the shock of hearing what he had done. So I attend every rally, parade, meeting,etc. with an anti-violence theme that comes up hoping the message will reach another potential gay basher and stop him. About a year ago, I arrived early at a parade protesting the murder/torture of a young gay man in the midwest. The press arrived early as well. My picture was on all the news channels, the front page of several newspapers, and months later appeared over a headline about how gay and lesbian groups were joining forces to protect themselves. I am fascinated and amused by the repercussions. Should I really be obliged to publicly declare that I am straight? And if so, why?