A transvestite? Surely you all need a life or something, if that's the rumors you come up with.

I can only think that the source of that rumor was actually about my buddy Bill, who dressed up in a Hooters waitress uniform on a dare. He and I are both happily heterosexual (and not transvestites, except for an occasional laugh), thank you very much, not like I needed to say that or defend that.

As for abigail, the use of a female moniker is much more an experiment with online communities than any statement about personal lifestyle, let me assure you. I have had direct conversation with abigail on this one, and I trust what I heard. From the fallout here, it appears that abigail has succeeded once again in confounding yet another online community into rethinking their stereotypes. Go abby!

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker