The time has come for this book to be written. There are families across the globe that no longer fit the "normal" stereotype of what a family is. This book teaches us that every family structure is "normal." We have step-mommies and step-daddies. We have no mommies and no daddies. We also have two mommies and two daddies. Some of us only have one mommy, daddy or grandparent to raise us. No matter what the structure of your family is, it is important to know that a family is a family as long as it comes from love. It is about the feelings we feel when we go to sleep so that we have better...

This isn't a story about being gay, but rather a story of self-love and how being gay was the catalyst to my personal growth of moving from fear of everything, including myself, to love of life and self. This collection of vignettes proves that living an authentic self-accepting life is so much easier and joy-FULL. Everyone is beautiful. What people are saying: Being Gay Saved My Life is an honest, refreshing look at coming out, coming to, and coming of age later in life. Diane's sharp humor with a dose of reality, tells what it was like and her coming into herself is a must read for...