Brendan Courtney

We're much more cautious and we're not asking for anything.

We're not asking, like, after marriage equality, we got equal rights and we were really happy.

We're just asking to be tolerated.

We don't look for much.

We don't use many schools.

We don't have many kids.

We're a very independent, you know, little section.

The other thing that's really important to say to people, and I saw this, I'm quoting somebody else.

Every single gay person you've ever met, me included, you've ever seen, you've ever sat in their salon chair, they're a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer, whoever they are, every single gay person you've ever met has, as a teenager or a tween, laid in bed at night knowing they were different and hating themselves.

You go through a period just before you come out of self-loathing like you've never imagined.

You don't want to be different.

Oh, that's exactly it.

And in fact, we said, that's it, that's done.

You know, we were all down the George waving our pride flags, delighted with life.

And we did feel it was done.

And we were ready to move on and get on with our normal lives and live, you know, be just like other people.

I used to say, there was the whole phrase, gay best friend.

And I would say, make pay, brother, because pretty soon, brethren, they're going to see we're just like them.

We're just normal people.

But it has rode back.