I have to say Ian was a beacon of light for me during my coming out phase, he came out publicly not long after I came out personally. I got a lot of strength from his book and i also learned to love league from it as well. He used to have a Gaydar profile and i would go to it every now and then to read and fantasize about being his boy (It was rumoured in sydey he had a thing for slight blonde boys and i was at the time a slight blonde boy) That was one of the nicer rumours goinf around. There were some nasty rumours going around sydney he'd fallen for tina which was used to cut me up becuase i used to think "how typical of gay society that we attack one of the very few gay role models we have in australia" Then all that stuff hapened with his partner which was a shame. But i still think of him as a hero regardless after all he's only human and all humans make mistakes...... a guy i know from my old work used to live in the same apartment complex and they used to have bbq's and such and he said Ian was as sweet as apple pie one of the gentlest people in the world.
Lordy do i ramble or what lol