When Boy Abunda talks, he punches—making complex ideas seem clear and simple, and at the same time humanizing everything in this way. He puts a face and a heart in any topic. This is all the more evident in the two speeches compiled in this collection. He talks about being jeered at when he was young, bullied, making mistakes, losing a father, and loving a mother. In the process, he also leads us into the heart of a gay and loving son, inspiring us to be as courageous as him, telling us that we don't have to be small, that we can growl and soar, and love and live freely. He couldn't have said it with more clarity and fervor: "I am gay, and I am a son. These are two of the best things in the world to be."