Well, my dear, that shows how few people of that bent you know--and I would bet you know more than you think you do. Most sexual-minority folks are fairly family-oriented.

Every year we go to the Pride parade. Someone asked me, do you cover the girls' eyes, or how do you handle it? I replied that the two biggest contingents in the parade are the Welcoming Congregations--churches who've made a commitment to welcoming sexual minority folks into their midst--and PFLAG, the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, which contains a large number of little old ladies. Many are the baby strollers, and children are in quite a few of the marching units. Yeah, there's usually one giant blow-up phallus, but the days of assless chaps are long gone.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor