Steven Kornacki's Coming Out Story

Steve Kornacki is the News Editor for Salon.  He's a successful, educated, attractive New Yorker yet he's just coming out at the age of 32.  His story is a reminder of how difficult coming out remains, even in New York in 2011.  An excerpt:

"But this time I stopped myself. There weren’t a thousand little reasons why things had ended up like this. There was one big one. If I couldn’t stand up to the fear that had gripped me since high school, regret would become my permanent condition."

You can read it all here.