I wasn't going to read the Billy Eichner article (May 23). I'd heard of him, had a vague and, it turns out, close but not quite accurate idea of what he did in Billy on the Street, and the article subtitle on the TOC page, "Billy Eichner's assaultive comedy," was not encouraging, but then I was turning the page and my eye caught the phrase, "Eichner knew he was gay," and I thought, Oh, shit, I guess I should read this. Sense of tribal solidarity and duty, I guess. So I read it, but it could be skipped with no loss.