Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller´s On Being Different is a pioneering and thought-provoking book about being homosexual in the United States. Just two years after the Stonewall riots, Miller wrote a poignant essay for the New York Times Magazine entitled ´What It Means To Be a Homosexual´ in response to a homophobic article published in Harper´s Magazine. Described as ´the most widely read and discussed essay of the decade,´ the article was developed into the remarkable short book On Being Different - one of the earliest memoirs to affirm the importance of coming out.