If they don't, he argues, it sends out the message that being gay is wrong.
In the words of the fabulous Gloria Gaynor, I am what I am. And that's a confident, happy, gay man. Well, most of the time anyway. My friends know it, my family knows it, most of my colleagues at work know it, and now it seems that Lucy knows it.
Lucy is just 12 or 13 years old. I met her last week during a visit to one of our youth clubs. I was there to carry out an observation of practice, but that wasn't all that was being observed. After sizing me up for five minutes, Lucy consulted with her friends before coming over to ask me if I was gay.
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