He's been through a lot and to this day he is still one of my closest, most important friends that I have even though we don't live in the same town anymore. (We were about 6 years old when we met, we lived about 2 blocks apart from each other and went to the same grade school). I've known this guy for the majority of my life.
In the spirit of this post I wanted to offer my similar story (though from a gay man's point of view, cause I figure some of you may be interested).
