Steve, I am very proud of you having the courage to come out!!! I am glad to know the real you a little better as you are a great person and someone I would love to become better friends with in the future.
I guess I might as well take this chance to share something about myself (which some of you already know). No, I am not really a man. I am bisexual. For a long time, I thought I was strictly gay. I dated women exclusively for a large part of my adult life but happen to fall in love with a man. I don't plan on dating any women in the future seeing as I am pretty much married (we are not legally married but my partner and I act as a married couple) to another person, a man. I am still mostly attracted to women but I am committed to my relationship. It was quite difficult for me to come out to friends and family in the beginning and just as much difficult to tell my gay friends that I was marrying a man. So I understand how difficult this is for you Steve (although, I think society is *much* more forgiving of lesbians possibly because women tend to be less homophobic...).
Steve: I didn't mean to try to steal your thunder (or your thunderpants), just thought this would be an appropriate place to share this. I hope you are not mad at me.