I feel remorse about my youth too. I think there is too much pressure on older brothers. We are trying to find our own place in the world, and it's really not our job to provide protection. Still, sometimes we're thrown into that role and we try to do our best.

What an amazing experience you had. It's interesting that so much of our art and literature is influenced by gay culture, yet so much of our society seems unaware of this. I wish our society would just grow up.