“For some the word “The Public” denotes something belonging to others something upon which gays and lesbians have no claim. By conceding the idea that the bounds of “good taste” are synonymous with what properly belongs to the public realm, we make it easy for those who view our communities and our sexualities as undeserving of public life to (re)assert such views. We must ask ourselves if we really want to support such a fragile notion of the public; whether the most repugnant acts are in fact those connected to sexuality or sexual self expression at all; and, whether the public is something that can be owned by one group, to the exclusion of others.”