Tara Conroy is fifteen, small, busty, cheerful, with steel studs in both ears.

We’re sitting in a living room with two of Greg’s friends. Asked what it was like to discuss something so personal so publicly, Greg smiles.

Greg Whiting, a fifteen-year-old with red curly hair and blue fingernails, has come out as gay three times: once to his parents, once to his school and once to a national television audience on 48 Hours.