In Search of Gumption

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Gumption in July

Gumption in July

I am finally coming out to the world

Jul 03, 2023
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Now that the novel is out with Beta Readers, I am ready to come out.

Yes, I will come out to the world. Not in a gay sense - I am still a straight man (an ancient dying minority in San Francisco).

However, my next Gumpcast episode is an interview with an Egyptian man and his story of coming out to his family as a homosexual. Quite a treacherous path for …

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