num_pages: 128
description: More than 100 contributors, including B.D. Wong, Arthur Laurents, Simon Doonan, Stephen Fry, Marc Shaiman, and Michael Musto share endearing anecdotes and stories about when they, their families, and everyone else knew they were gay.
language: English
title: When I Knew
titlecomplete: When I Knew
genres: Queer, Biography, Memoir, Essays, Coming Of Age, LGBT, Biography Memoir, Gay, Humor, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 283
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Belles Lettres
publisher: Dey Street Books