I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice but in fact it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it.
I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
A lot of stand-up comedy guys when they get a little famous just give up their stand-up career and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.