A Coming Out memoir and witness to Pre-Stonewall early San Francisco LGBTQ history.

2012 was my 50th year as an Out Gay Man, the other significant number in my life, I turned 69. I have spend most of those 50 years in San Francisco, and recently finished writing this memoir, which focuses on growing up in the homophobic jungle of prejudice, as a sissy boy, coming out and the early struggles of being gay in San Francisco in 1962, there were no gay role models, it was a world of fear of being found out and the beginning of my story.

San Francisco's Native "Sissy" Son, is not intended to be a historical document, only the personal context my observations and percetpions of the history I experienced and witnessed. In those 50 years of my struggle, I still see the same common treads of hope we still fight for today. 50 years ago, homosexuals were struggling just to congregate in public places; today we are closer than ever to full equality.

I feel the most important thing to remember about our struggle, like life, it's a journey, it's not about the destination, it's about the experience of the journey, its joys and tribulations we have experienced together that gives us winning strength.