Well, it was bound to happen sometime.
Wander the Rainbow got its first bit of fallout from a character in the book angry about how he was represented — and it wasn’t from one of the major players in the story.
It all went down this week in a series of text messages:
My efforts at apology and explanation fell on deaf ears, and I haven’t heard from the guy since this exchange.
It’s interesting that this comes in the face of a guest blog I wrote on gay.com about this very subject; the friend in question has a partying past — but has obviously renounced it, Dr. Laura-style. While I certainly don’t judge those who make a choice to lead a more, shall we say, traditional existence, I still find it amazing (and sometimes a bit disturbing) how so many gays have run in the Betty Crocker direction in recent years. Having led a cloistered, closeted existence in my own youth, I celebrate the openness in urban gayland to live an unconventional romantic and sexual life. I felt I’d depicted this friend in the same light… but obviously that’s not how it was taken.