As an artist in the 1960s, Norman Sunshine was able to maintain a moderately out lifestyle. But when the first exhibition of his paintings in New York brought on a profile in The New York...

Alan, after all, was one of the very few homosexuals who had such a powerful, high profile job, and who lived openly with a man. Homophobia had its adherents and some ruthless climber up the...

We didn’t want to live together. We didn’t have any examples of what a good love relationship between two men could be. And there was always the problem of hiding so no one would know...

We both grew up at a time when homosexuality was not even spoken about. There were certainly no books that could help a young person understand that two people of the same sex could build...

After 50 years together as a couple:”Look how fast the leaves are falling now,” Alan says. “The trees will be bare in a couple of days. Do you realize that we have watched the leaves...

About their wedding on a beach of Nantucket, after nearly 50 years together as a couple: “After years of being who we truly were only in the privacy of our homes or with a few...