It's not only okay to be gay... It can be great to be gay!

No matter where on earth you live, no matter your race, your religion, your gender, your age, it is always okay to be gay. In fact it is much more than okay to be gay, it's often great to be gay.

This web site is my gift to everyone on the planet. It was created on the 10th anniversary of my own coming out, and at the dawn of this new Millennium.

My goal is to share with gay and straight people everywhere that it is always always, always okay to be gay. "The Truth About Gay People" is a book in progress. Every now and then I'll post another chapter. The goal is to help move the world from false and harmful beliefs to the liberating freedom of truth.


Here's the book's introduction - enjoy!


The day I heard one of the most powerful politicians in the country equate Gay and Lesbian Americans, to kleptomaniacs and alcoholics, I knew it was time for a book like this. I asked myself how someone who is well educated, aware of current events and who makes decisions that effects the lives of millions of people could be so ignorant about gay people. Then I realized that he was not alone. That there are thousands if not millions of people in this world who carry around a set of out dated ill formed beliefs and who if given the chance could come to see the truth.


There is a yearning for the truth. I have found my straight friends and coworkers fascinated and hanging on my every word when I dare to share my truth about being gay. They ask questions out of ignorance that to many a gay person seem silly. But they are the questions so many Americans are afraid to ask.


This book answers all the questions, the silly and the serious. If you are trying to understand someone who is gay this book will help. If you just want to know the truth about gay people here it is. If you fear you are gay, odds are you are gay and there's plenty in this book to help you come to terms with who you've always been. If your son or daughter told you they were gay then handed you this book, welcome to the club. Know that you are not alone. No one book can change the course of history or make the world a perfect place, but the truth is a powerful thing. When we start speaking the truth about gay people magical things can happen and the history of hate and shame can begin to change.


Before you read any further give yourself a pat on the back for having read this far and for being willing to hear the truth. Thank you for opening your mind as you open this book.

- Rick Reynolds, CCHT

Thursday, January 11, 2007

I Don't Know Anyone Who is Gay



"I know gay people exist but there sure aren't any around here." As more and more gay people have the courage to share the truth about themselves with their families, friends and co-workers the number of people who believe that they don't know any gay people is diminishing. But there are many places in America where people will tell you they've never met any of those homosexuals before.

Gay people have always existed and will always exist. They've been in every family, they've worked in every type of job, and they've played every professional sport there is. They live in the smallest of towns and the biggest of cities. Because they've been harassed just for being who they are they've be come expert at being invisible.

If you think you've never known a gay person, think a little harder. What about your elderly spinster aunt who never married, how about your nephew who is 26 and never had a girl friend? What about the waiter at your favorite restaurant, the florist on the corner, or the woman who delivers your mail, one of them could be gay. The odds are someone in your life is gay but has never shared it with you.

If you are still certain that you don't know any gay people, then ask yourself why not? Is there something about you that makes someone who is gay uncomfortable with sharing that part of him or her.
If you would be disapproving, hostile or extremely uncomfortable around someone you know is gay, then it is no wonder all your gay acquaintances remain in the closet. Hold fast to belief that you don't know anyone gay and sure enough no one gay will come out to you. You do however run the risk of never really knowing important people in your life. More than a few parents have learned that their son or daughter was gay only after their child's death.

Here is the new belief, if you have the courage to accept it:


Everyone knows someone who is gay.

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