December 2011
Beginner
556 pages
17h 18m
English
I (Tony) put on my pack and approach the start of a fourteen-mile overnight hike. I am with my friends Carolyn and Art, and two of their friends whom I have never met, Cindy and Susan.
Typically I am fine interacting with strangers for a short time. But with the length of time we'll spend together, two days and a night, I feel sure the unfamiliar others will ask about my life, particularly my relationships, research interests, and teaching. And I feel anxious: as a gay man who studies and teaches about gay identity, I put pressure on myself about deciding when and how to inform others of my identity and my work.
I fear negative responses to my identity, particularly from people who find gayness inappropriate ...
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