Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

In 2012 Lance's mother authored a book about his life called "Lance Out Loud" it was edited by Christopher Makos a longtime friend of Lance. on PBS in 1973 drawing 10 million viewers and causing considerable controversy. The last called Lance Loud! A Death in An American Family was a poignant depiction of Loud's physical decline due to a combination of an addiction to crystal meth which had lasted for over 20 years and complications from HIV.

Alanson Russell "Lance" Loud (June 26 1951 – December 22 2001) was an American magazine columnist and new wave rock-n-roll performer.