What a lovely understated turn of phrase. Practically British. I do hear what you’re saying, and now that I’ve gotten to be almost 60, I feel some of the same pressure frankly. At my age, with the normal body of a late middle-aged man, I’m not taking my shirt off at Pride, even though I might like to.

We have such a long way to go toward body positivity, in LGBTQ communities and in American populations as a whole, I think. And it’s a shame.