Troy is a gay man leaving his hometown of South Carolina for New York City. New York allows him to live his life in the open. Yet in doing so, he discovers that there are many undercover gay men who pretend to be straight. These men will love him in the dark and ridicule him in the light. He learn that love whether its between man and man, woman and woman, or man and woman, have the same issues. He find his true love; however loving and not being careful, Troy contracts AIDS. Looking back on his life he realize that sometimes you may not understand the hand that you are dealt, but if you are happy with your choices let no one cause you to doubt your decisions. You have to live your life for you, not them. In living the life, Troy would not have changed any part of his life. His only change would be the way society look upon people with different sexual preferences. People are people; you can't help who you love. You can help how you treat people.