Lance Loud
Lance Loud
Alanson Russell "Lance" Loudwas an American television personality, magazine columnist and new wave rock-n-roll performer. Loud is best known for his 1973 appearance in An American Family, a pioneer reality television series that featured his coming out, leading to his status as an icon in the gay community...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth26 June 1951
CountryUnited States of America
race class degrees
Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.
believe gay culture
Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.
honesty mean order
Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.
moving mortality generous
I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.
cutting gay men
If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.
agony waiting tedium
Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.
accepted loud shock
My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.
school fur antiques
I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.
gay boys expression
David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
gay pleasure
It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore.
lust reason loud
My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
believe sacred matter
Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
gay role-models roles
One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
men preference loud
Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.