I came out on Nov. 29, 1994, in the most visible of news outlets, the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal. I had long resisted going public with my past life, although I had mentioned a few details ...

Richard McKenzie is the Walter Gerken Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of California, Irvine and author of The Home: A Memoir and executive producer on the orphanage documentary, ...