THE BEST LITTLE BOY IN THE WORLD GROWS UP

This book is a thank-you note to the millions of Americans, ranging from the Republican mayor of Los angeles, Richard Riordan, to the Democratic mayor of Philadelphia, Ed Rendell, to the Republican mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, to the Democratic mayors of Boston (Tom Menino) and New Orleans (Mark Morial) and Denver (Wellington Webb) — and a hundred million others — who’ve opened their minds and their hearts, over the last 25 years, and come to accept gay and lesbian Americans as deserving respect and equal rights like any others.

Now we just have to work on the other hundred million.

A.T.