Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. His 1992 memoir, Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story, detailed his life in the closet and meeting Horwitz.
Adored by many readers, it won the 1992 National Book Award for Nonfiction. In it, he wrote movingly about the experience of coming out.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“I can’t conceive the hidden life anymore, don’t think of it as life.
When you finally come out, there’s a pain that stops, and you know it will never hurt like that again, no matter how much you lose or how bad you die.”Horwitz died of AIDS in 1986 at age 41.
Monette then met and became romantically involved with television producer Stephen Kolzak (casting director for the TV show Cheers).