Burgoine has another take. "Here in Canada," he says, "I would say the queer male condition is one of change. In my life, I've seen such amazing strides — gay marriage, for one — and seeing a new generation of queers come forward without the same overwhelming ignorance and self-doubt I saw in my own youth is fantastic. It isn't gone, I'm not that blind, but that I'm only speaking of twenty years of change astounds me."