The latest transmission from The Blade to earth (3)

The article that I cited in the last post begins,

The milestone that all gay men dread is upon me. I turn 40 on Monday, National Coming Out Day.

To me, however, “[t]he milestone that all gay men dread” was a non-event. I guess I must be something other than a gay man. Once the keepers of the orthodoxy let me know what exactly that is, I'll fill you in.