It's sad to know that there are real dangers out there for those of us who live their lives openly.
America is rapidly turning into a fascist theocracy (yes, I know that is a tautology).
The ratio of bad to good in terms of incidents for being openly gay and naked in my life: something like 1,000,000 good to 1 bad.
The ratio of me and my family being badly hurt by fundamentalist christians because I am openly gay:
1) Fired as a teacher.
2) Accused (finally, finally overturned and record purged) of crimes having 20+ year jail time - that one made me leave the country and change my name. Took years of hard work and all sorts of money - and an honest DA who resented being manipulated - to get that cleared. But there are still a lot of jerks who practice the policy of "where there's smoke there's fire"...
I am still openly gay, I am proud of the art showing (a much younger) me, but I have paid a price for it.
On the other hand, if we let the fundamentalist christians have their way, it is only a matter of time until they torture and murder us. Remember what happened in my adopted home, Germany. America is already much closer to Germany in 1933 than I had ever thought possible...
I am exposed, have paid a heavy price for it, but I am never going back into that closet.