Gone were the dazzling dimples and hunky body that had made the country swoon. Unfortunately, when his character finally appeared on screen, his face looked gaunt and pale. Hollywood heart-throb Rock Hudson, with his chiseled good looks, epitomized the all-American sex god. When the producers of Dynasty announced the addition of another stud to their stable, I went berserk. Our worlds might have been different, but it felt reassuring to know someone else struggled like me to accept his homosexuality. While I sat at the back of our restaurant chomping on egg rolls and fried rice, my dream catch frolicked in his palatial mansion, feasting on steak and caviar. Though Steven Carrington and I lived in different states, and he was a fictional TV character, the two of us had a standing date every Wednesday at ten p.m. My first boyfriend was the scion of a wealthy oil family in Denver. Photo: Patrick Tomasso / Unsplash READ THIS COVER STORY IN THE MAGAZINEįiction by Curtis Chin, Greg Herren, Renee James, Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Carla Rachel Sameth, and Addie Tsai Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
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