"When I was born on May 26, 1963, I had already broken a law: homosexuality was illegal in Texas..." Dolph Crawford used his pretty-boy looks to wrangle his way to fortune and fame. But along the way, his life was filled with the inevitable ups and downs of a young gay boy growing up in mostly heterosexual Texas. Alienation, shame, and self-hatred were the substance of his youth, and when he left home in his teens he didn't fare much better.