@PaulaToThePeople Maybe.
For the record, my first ever male model beyond my dad was Tony. Tony was -- is, bless my heart he's almost 80 -- queer as a three-dollar bill, I mean, straight up, a complete queen.
I call him, once or twice a year, to remind him how much of a hero, a friend, a mentor, he was to me.
His sexual preferences, tho known to us as kids, were not a thing we cared about.
We cared about that he loved us, tolerated us, overlooked us, and never ever shut us down.