Family members discuss the scandalous disruption at Duane’s funeral as they wait for the food to cook. Duane’s friend and lover bravely address the audience, pushing aside the reverend, speaking over the contemptuous voices yelling at him. He explains how Duane was gay and loved and died from AIDS, and that his own community has been killing them with silence and rejection. He then leads his friends and others who wish to join in a moment of silence for Duane. Sisters Jacquie, Cee-Cee, Tamara, and Nicky discuss the events from the funeral, with all but Nicky sharing their intensely homophobic views. Nicky defends Duane and his lover, Tommy, explaining how nobody cared to visit Duane as he lay dying, and yet everyone is speaking about his life now. Jacquie’s husband, Gregory, holds their sleeping child on his lap, filled with fear because he is also gay and closeted. A roaring argument ensues with cursing and yelling, concluding with Nicky being kicked out of the house and all of the food burned. Gregory whisks his child to bed, knowing he will always protect him. Knowing that he will always keep him safe the scorn of other people, and safe from the truth.