It was the 1970s and being openly gay was still easier said than done even though he lived in a region generally more accepting of the LGBTQ community than other parts of the country. It wasn't always that simple and he often 'danced around' the topic whenever she'd ask the same question when he lived in the Bay Area 45 years ago. Michael Feldman's mother called him Sunday morning to ask what he was doing and he said he told her he and his friends were at the Greater Palm Springs Pride Parade.
