I asked how she came out to her daughters. She said that she did talk with them, but even before she had a specific conversation with them, Eve and Stephanie had grown up around gay culture. When Erin went to gay political events, she would sometimes take her daughters with her. She explained that the gay men loved her girls, and the girls loved all the attention they got.  “Eve and Stephanie grew up with homosexuality politically before they had to deal with it personally,” Erin said. “They were among the few children who were around the gay community a lot. There was a gay coffee house, and one day I went there with my girls. Stephanie was about five, and she was invited to sing. She sang ‘Kookaburra.’ When she sang the line ‘Gay your life must be,’ she got a standing ovation.”